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Virginia Senate approves grants for Amazon jobs and rejects $15 minimium wage
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By Tom Neeley (Contributor) January 22, 2019
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The VA Senate approves grants for Amazon jobs and rejects $15 minimium wage
The Virginia Senate approved a program to give Amazon a $22,000 tax rebate for each of the 25,000 six-figure jobs it plans to create in the commonwealth. In the same session, it also narrowly rejected increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. (Robert McCartney and Laura Vozzella / Post)
By Tom Neeley (Contributor) January 22, 2019
....
The VA Senate approves grants for Amazon jobs and rejects $15 minimium wage
The Virginia Senate approved a program to give Amazon a $22,000 tax rebate for each of the 25,000 six-figure jobs it plans to create in the commonwealth. In the same session, it also narrowly rejected increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. (Robert McCartney and Laura Vozzella / Post)
