<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>BSU Radio has been running a revealing series on Idaho work and wages: <a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/tag/bottom-rung/" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/tag/bottom-rung/</a></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><div class="topic-hed grid_12" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); position: relative; overflow: hidden; width: 940px;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 42px; font-style:
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font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; height: 20px; width: 111px;"></iframe></span></div></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">The share of Idaho workers earning minimum wage has grown from <a title="Idaho Leads The Nation In Minimum Wage Workers" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/02/27/idaho-leads-nation-in-minimum-wage-workers/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">5 percent in 2011 to 7.7 percent in 2012</a>. The growth has put Idaho in the top spot for the largest share of minimum wage workers in the country.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">How did that happen? And what’s being done to reverse the trend?</div><div title="Bottom Rung: Two Idaho Workers Talk About Life On Low Wages" style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Our series <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Bottom Rung</em> will try to answer those questions, and introduce you to the people living on low wages, consuming Idaho services, and experts who monitor these kinds of trends.</div><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>Part 1: <a title="Bottom Rung: Two Idaho Workers Talk About Life On Low Wages" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-two-idaho-workers-talk-about-life-on-low-wages/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Two Idaho Workers Talk About Life On Low Wages</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;
border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Infographic: <a title="Bottom Rung: Expenses Are Tough To Pay On Idaho’s $7.25 Minimum Wage" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-living-on-minimum-wage-in-idaho/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Expenses Are Tough To Pay On Idaho’s $7.25 Minimum Wage</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit;
line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Part 2: <a title="Bottom Rung: Why An Influx Of Retirees To Idaho Is Creating More Low-Wage Jobs" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-why-an-influx-of-retirees-to-idaho-is-creating-more-low-wage-jobs/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Why An Influx Of Retirees To Idaho Is Creating More Low-Wage Jobs</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align:
baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a title="Bottom Rung: Gov. Otter Touts Idaho’s Low Wages To Attract Gun Companies" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-gov-otter-touts-idahos-low-wages-to-attract-gun-companies/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Gov. Otter Touts Idaho’s Low Wages To Attract Gun Companies</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li
style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Charts: <a title="Bottom Rung: Migration By The Numbers" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-migration-by-the-numbers/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Migration By The Numbers</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;
vertical-align: baseline;">Part 3: <a title="Bottom Rung: The Workforce Shift That’s Costing Idaho Good-Paying Jobs" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/09/bottom-rung-the-workforce-shift-thats-costing-idaho-good-paying-jobs/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: The Workforce Shift That’s Costing Idaho Good-Paying Jobs</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Chart: <a
href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/09/bottom-rung-construction-jobs-gained-and-lost-and-their-place-in-idahos-economy/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Bottom Rung: Construction Jobs Gained And Lost, And Their Place In Idaho’s Economy</a></li></ul><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Background: <a title="Making Money In Idaho, A Guide To Wages" href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/topic/wages/" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;">Making Money In Idaho, A Guide To Wages</a></li></ul></div><div class="topic-posts" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><h2 class="section-hed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: uppercase;">LATEST POSTS</h2><ul class="meta-gestures" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit;
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href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/10/bottom-rung-why-building-a-strong-idaho-economy-takes-public-investment/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/05/Bob-Lokken-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="Bob Lokken, CEO of WhiteCloud Analytics, in his downtown Boise office" title="Bob Lokken" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align:
baseline;">Bob Lokken, CEO of Boise-based WhiteCloud Analytics, is three years into building his new company. It designs software for health care professionals with the aim of allowing doctors and others to interrogate vast amounts of health care data. Lokken founded it after his previous company, ProClarity Corporation, was bought by Microsoft. Recently, he showed me [...]</div></article></div><div class="day storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><h6 class="entry-date grid_2 alpha" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style:
inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); display: inline; float: left; width: 140px; text-transform: uppercase;">MAY 9, 2013</h6><article id="post-17156" class="post-17156 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-construction tag-wages grid_6 omega post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a
href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/09/bottom-rung-construction-jobs-gained-and-lost-and-their-place-in-idahos-economy/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Construction Jobs Gained And Lost, And Their Place In Idaho’s Economy</a></h2><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">This week, StateImpact‘s “Bottom Rung” series is looking at low-wage work in Idaho. We’re asking why the state has an outsized share of minimum wage jobs. Construction employment was the starting point for the broadcast story that aired this morning. The construction industry suffered especially steep losses in the recession. In Idaho, the number of [...]</div></article></div><div
class="storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><article id="post-17187" class="post-17187 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-construction tag-cost-of-living tag-jobs tag-wages grid_6 prefix_2 alpha omega headerrule post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 160px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204,
204, 204); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/09/bottom-rung-the-workforce-shift-thats-costing-idaho-good-paying-jobs/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: The Workforce Shift That’s Costing Idaho Good-Paying Jobs</a></h2><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/09/bottom-rung-the-workforce-shift-thats-costing-idaho-good-paying-jobs/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/05/Larry-Willis-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="Larry Willis worked for HP and then for electronics
manufacturer Jabil Circuit. He lost that job a decade ago, when the company closed its Boise plant." title="Larry Willis" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Not long ago, you could hear the buzz of power saws all over the Treasure Valley. It was punctuated by the steady rhythm of hammers and nail guns. More than 10,000 homes went up in Ada and Canyon counties in the two years before the recession hit. Then, the sound stopped. “’08 and ’09 were [...]</div></article></div><div class="day storywrapper clearfix" style="margin:
0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><h6 class="entry-date grid_2 alpha" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); display: inline; float: left; width: 140px; text-transform: uppercase;">MAY 8, 2013</h6><article id="post-17259" class="post-17259 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-policy tag-bottom-rung tag-butch-otter tag-gun-industry tag-jobs tag-wages grid_6 omega post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px
0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-gov-otter-touts-idahos-low-wages-to-attract-gun-companies/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Gov. Otter Touts Idaho’s Low Wages To Attract Gun Companies</a></h2><a
href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-gov-otter-touts-idahos-low-wages-to-attract-gun-companies/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="68" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/01/UyhMg.AuSt_.36-e1359398681126.jpeg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="For the last two years, Gov. Otter has pushed for lower business taxes, a state-based health insurance exchange, and hiring tax credits." title="Butch Otter" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;
font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter is using Idaho’s low wages as a selling point. In a letter sent to out-of-state gun manufacturers last month to encourage them to relocate to Idaho, Otter touts the comparatively low cost of labor here. This week we’re reporting on wages in Idaho. The governor portrays as an asset the wage [...]</div></article></div><div class="storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><article id="post-17262" class="post-17262 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-migration tag-wages grid_6 prefix_2 alpha omega headerrule post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 160px; border-top-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-migration-by-the-numbers/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Migration By The Numbers</a></h2><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-migration-by-the-numbers/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130);
text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/05/Net-In-Migration-of-20-Somethings-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="Net In Migration of 20 Somethings" title="Net In Migration of 20 Somethings" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">The latest driver’s license data suggests more 20-somethings are leaving Idaho than ever before. The net loss of Idahoans aged 21-30 last
year was 149. The data show 11,530 young people moved to Idaho from other states in 2012, while 11,679 left. Source: Idaho Department of Labor | Idaho Department of Transportation The Idaho Department [...]</div></article></div><div class="storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><article id="post-17020" class="post-17020 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-jobs tag-migration tag-wages grid_6 prefix_2 alpha omega headerrule post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 160px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display:
inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-why-an-influx-of-retirees-to-idaho-is-creating-more-low-wage-jobs/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Why An Influx Of Retirees To Idaho Is Creating More Low-Wage Jobs</a></h2><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/08/bottom-rung-why-an-influx-of-retirees-to-idaho-is-creating-more-low-wage-jobs/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s
ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/04/JordynSkinnerSMALL-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="Jordyn Skinner is a freshman at Boise State University. She also works part-time at Franco's Pizzeria." title="Minimum Wage -- Jordyn Skinner, Franco's Pizzeria" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">There’s a brand new pizza joint in southeast Boise. It’s nestled in a mini-strip mall with a gas station, dry cleaner and hair salon. On a recent Friday
evening, Franco’s Pizzeria was just starting to pick up. It’s a tiny place. The cash register is only a few steps away from the industrial pizza ovens. [...]</div></article></div><div class="day storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><h6 class="entry-date grid_2 alpha" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); display: inline; float: left; width: 140px; text-transform: uppercase;">MAY 7,
2013</h6><article id="post-17145" class="post-17145 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-cost-of-living tag-wages grid_6 omega post-content has-features" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-living-on-minimum-wage-in-idaho/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s
ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Expenses Are Tough To Pay On Idaho’s $7.25 Minimum Wage</a></h2><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-living-on-minimum-wage-in-idaho/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/05/Bottom-Rung-Infographic-PUBLISHED-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="Bottom Rung Infographic PUBLISHED" title="Bottom Rung Infographic PUBLISHED" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit;
font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline;">One in 13 hourly workers in Idaho earned minimum wage last year. That’s $7.25 an hour.The share of Idaho workers making minimum wage has increased from 5 percent in 2011 to 7.7 percent of the hourly workforce in 2012. That bump means Idaho has a larger share of minimum wage workers than any other state [...]</div></article></div><div class="storywrapper clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><article id="post-17149" class="post-17149 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-trends tag-bottom-rung tag-cost-of-living tag-wages grid_6 prefix_2 alpha omega headerrule post-content last has-features" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 160px; border-top-width: 0px;
border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: left; width: 460px; position: relative;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 20px 0px 0px; border-width: 1px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 32px; line-height: 0.8; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-two-idaho-workers-talk-about-life-on-low-wages/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-size: 24px;">Bottom Rung: Two Idaho Workers Talk About Life On Low Wages</a></h2><a
href="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/2013/05/07/bottom-rung-two-idaho-workers-talk-about-life-on-low-wages/" style="color: rgb(23, 78, 130); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; font-weight: bold;"><img width="100" height="100" src="http://stateimpact.npr.org/idaho/files/2013/05/John-making-change-100x100.jpg" class="alignright wp-post-image" alt="John spends his workdays behind the register of a retail shop in Boise." title="John, making change" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; float: right; max-width: 100%;"></a><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align:
baseline;">Wages are lower in Idaho than in nearly ever other state. That’s often chalked up to Idaho’s rural nature and low cost of living. But recently, the state has lost ground. A federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows that Idaho has the largest share of workers earning minimum wage in the country. And that share [...]</div></article></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>