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From 7. 25. The plan was unveiled in the president s state of the Union Address last night. And today it rekindled a nationwide debate of whether the measure would help or hurt workers and businesses, and the economy. Darren gersh reports. Reporter supporters of a higher minimum wage increase point to studies showing little impact on employment after the pay at the bottom of the job market goes up. One reason is that employers may actually come out ahead when they are forced to pay workers more. Productivity and Job Satisfaction improve and turnover falls. So employers get to reap the benefits...

Echols recalls his arrest, incarceration and eventual release for the murder of three 8yearold boys in 1993. Mr. Echols and two other men, jesse and Jason Baldwin dubbed the west memphis three, spent 17 years in prison. Mr. Echols discusses the case and his time spent on death row at town hall seattle. Its about an hour, ten. [applause] um, thank you guys for coming out tonight. Damien, thank you very much for coming all the way to seattle. Thank you for having me. Um, you have been through something that i think not that many people have been through, a sort of grind that feels like it might ...

British protest singer billy bragg and will coffman. History has a habit of repeating itself every now and then and the songs that he was riding in the 1930s an 1940s and 50s can often have an amazing relevance for what is going on now. I think it is about time people started listening to Woody Guthrie again. And we hear the legendary folk singer pete seeger describe his first meeting with Woody Guthrie. He took over for 20 minutes and entranced everybody. I come from oklahoma, you know. It is a rich state. If you want lead, we have lead. If you want coal, we have coal in oklahoma. Woody guthr...

Is it the middle Class College students or is it poor adults . And i would be more nervous if it was the poor adults. Reporter so, if the evidence is mixed, changing the minimum wage is a bit of a risk. And for some, thats a reason to hold off. Im more comfortable doing it in a stronger labor market. More comfortable doing it if a fair amount of time has elapsed since the last time we did it. I would be comfortable waiting a few more years before doing this again, and then i would do it. Reporter indexing the minimum wage to inflation would eliminate the need for congress to continually debate...

Students or is it poor adults . And i would be more nervous if it was the poor adults. Reporter so, if the evidence is mixed, changing the minimum wage is a bit of a risk. And for some, thats a reason to hold off. Im more comfortable doing it in a stronger labor market. More comfortable doing it if a fair amount of time has elapsed since the last time we did it. I would be comfortable waiting a few more years before doing this again, and then i would do it. Reporter indexing the minimum wage to inflation would eliminate the need for congress to continually debate the issue. The president favor...