The measure's critics, including the committee's three Democrats, say the legislation takes away local control and ensures that Idaho will remain a low-wage state. Rep. John Rusche questioned Eaton about how local communities will meet the specific needs of their constituents under the new law.
Date: Feb 16, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Idaho House Committee Passes Measure to Stifle Local Authority on Minimum Wage
Idaho House Minority Leader John Rusche (D-Lewiston) pushed back, saying the measure puts Idaho communities in a "double-bind" because the "Idaho Legislature has refused to hear a statewide minimum wage bill. How do you suggest that Idaho deal with the problem of a minimum wage that doesn't support
Tragic losses such as Schutz's trouble John Rusche, a retired pediatrician from Lewiston who is now the Idaho House minority leader. Rusche worries that people hear of vaccinations followed by something horrible, assume that one caused the other and make decisions based on emotion instead of statist
John Rusche of Lewiston, lauded his majority GOP counterparts with new House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, at the front of the line for largely sticking to what he termed substantive matters and not veering off into divisive social issues such as the 2012 Legislature's failed effort to require