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NH House Democrats Reject $15/Hour Minimum Wage; Put Forth More Modest Plan

Bill Gnade

Democrats in the New Hampshire House of Representatives have rejected – for now – a $15 per hour state-wide minimum wage.

Despite the failure by House progressives to get what they wanted — a raise in the minimum wage from the present $7.25 to $15/hour by 2024 – the majority of House Democrats, along with two Republicans, still managed to pass a more modest proposal to increase the minimum wage to $12/hour by 2022. 

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University Blames Student for Choking To Death in School Pancake-Eating Contest

Matthew McDonald

A 20-year-old college student who choked to death during a school-sanctioned pancake-eating contest has only herself to blame, a lawyer for the school said.

Caitlin Nelson was eating as many pancakes as she could during the March 2017 charity contest at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut when she began struggling to breathe, according to the Connecticut Post. Emergency responders said the pancake paste in her throat was "like concrete" and that they couldn't dislodge it, the Connecticut Post reports.

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