<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Your policies are working:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div id="story-header" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'McClatchy Sans',Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><h1 class="" style="font-size:52px;margin:10px 0px 35px;font-family:'McClatchy Slab',Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.3;color:inherit;padding:0px">Idaho wages 50th in nation as inflation-adjusted wages fall in Boise</h1></div><div class="" style="border-bottom-width:5px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(136,136,136);padding-bottom:20px;margin-bottom:20px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'McClatchy Sans',Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px"><div class="" style="float:left;min-height:1px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;width:820px"><div class=""><div id="slick-gallery-container-36822828" class="" style="margin-bottom:20px"><div class=""><div class="" style="overflow:hidden"><div class="" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px"><div class="" style="zoom:1;width:780px"><div class="" style="float:left;height:536px;min-height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:780px"><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><span class=""></span><img alt="" title="1118 BI wages" src="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/business-insider/tokijx/picture46328455/ALTERNATES/FREE_960/1118%20BI%20wages" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin: auto; max-height: 536px; max-width: 780px;"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="" style="padding:10px 0px;min-height:40px"><span class=""></span><span class="" style="font-weight:bold">Map: Lindsie Bergevin. Research: Audrey Dutton.</span> <span class="">Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</span></div></div></div><div id="story-body-items" style="margin-left:80px"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:15px;font-family:'McClatchy Slab',Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(136,136,136);display:inline-block;padding-bottom:3px"><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5em;text-transform:uppercase"><span class="" style="display:block">BY AUDREY DUTTON</span></p><p style="margin:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-style:italic"><span class="" style="display:block"><a href="mailto:adutton@idahostatesman.com" title="" style="color:rgb(13,118,186);text-decoration:none;background:transparent" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=adutton@idahostatesman.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">adutton@idahostatesman.com</a></span></p></div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;width:33px;float:left"><ul class="" style="margin:0px;list-style-type:none;padding:0px;font-family:'McClatchy Sans Cond','Roboto Condensed Medium',HelveticaNeue-CondensedBold,sans-serif"><li class="" style="width:33px;height:33px;display:inline-block;margin-right:6px;margin-bottom:5px"><a class="" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/business-insider/article46328465.html" style="color:rgb(13,118,186);text-decoration:none;display:block;width:33px;height:33px;background:transparent"></a><div class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:33px;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:20px;color:rgb(255,255,255);height:33px;text-align:center;width:33px;border-radius:50%;background-color:rgb(192,189,189)"></div></li><li class="" style="width:33px;height:33px;display:inline-block;margin-right:6px;margin-bottom:5px"><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?text=Idaho%20wages%2050th%20in%20nation%20as%20inflation-adjusted%20wages%20fall%20in%20Boise&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.idahostatesman.com%2fnews%2fbusiness%2fbusiness-insider%2farticle46328465.html" style="color:rgb(13,118,186);text-decoration:none;display:block;width:33px;height:33px;background:transparent"></a><div class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:33px;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:20px;color:rgb(255,255,255);height:33px;text-align:center;width:33px;border-radius:50%;background-color:rgb(192,189,189)"></div></li><li class="" style="width:33px;height:33px;display:inline-block;margin-right:6px;margin-bottom:5px"><a href="mailto:?subject=Idaho+wages+50th+in+nation+as+inflation-adjusted+wages+fall+in+Boise&body=http%3a%2f%2fwww.idahostatesman.com%2fnews%2fbusiness%2fbusiness-insider%2farticle46328465.html" style="color:rgb(13,118,186);text-decoration:none;display:block;width:33px;height:33px;background:transparent" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=&cc=&bcc=&su=Idaho%2Bwages%2B50th%2Bin%2Bnation%2Bas%2Binflation-adjusted%2Bwages%2Bfall%2Bin%2B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 the U.S. for wages, ahead of only Mississippi.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;line-height:1.5em;font-size:17px;font-family:Lyon,Georgia,serif"><span class="" style="display:block;font-style:italic;margin:8px 0px 35px">This story appears in the Nov. 18-Dec. 15, 2015, edition of the Idaho Statesman’s Business Insider magazine.</span></p><div style="width:1px;height:1px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><br>Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/business-insider/article46328465.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/business-insider/article46328465.html#storylink=cpy</a></div><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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