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$15/Hour Minimum Wage A Job Killer, Democratic Labor Economists Say

Matthew McDonald

About 59 percent of the economists who warned against raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour in a 2015 survey by University of New Hampshire researchers said they are Democrats. Raising the minimum wage that much would kill jobs for young people, they said.

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Cinco de Mayo Gone Wild At UNH

Matthew McDonald

Thirty-two people were arrested in Durham, New Hampshire, the town where the University of New Hampshire is, in connection with Cinco de Mayo celebrations. The Mexican holiday marks an unexpected victory over the French by the Mexican army.

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