Sydney Harper Opinion editor sharper16@murraystate.edu President Joe Biden introduced a new student loan forgiveness plan on Aug. 24 to relieve some people from crushing student debt. The plan is restricted to single people making $125,000 or less and married households making $250,000 or less. Most borrowers will gain up to $20,000 in relief for recipients Read More
Without campus workers Murray State would be a shell of an institution. Therefore, workers’ needs should be taken into account and their voices should be heard. Yet at Murray State, workers’ needs are not being met. With worker retention at jeopardy, the future of Murray State as a credible institution is not certain. The Murray Read More
In early October, Gov. Andy Beshear proposed a bonus for essential workers, with healthcare workers at the top of the list. But of course—it hit a roadblock with Republican state leaders who refused to join a bipartisan work group. Even though essential workers have been praised time and time again for going to work during Read More
One of the main reasons the minimum wage is failing to be a successful, living wage is that it has not been adjusted for inflation. In other words, the minimum wage is eroding. Erosion, a word we normally attribute to rocks and science classes, is now being brought to the economic table. Now, in part Read More
As the minimum-wage-earning community grows and diversifies, it also takes on a new banner: the living wage. A living wage, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a wage sufficient to provide the necessities and essential to an acceptable standard of living.” This begs the question, “what is an acceptable standard of living?” So let’s Read More
“Nickel and Dimed,” a production presented last week by the University’s department of global languages and theatre arts, confronts the idea of the minimum wage. Based on the book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” by Barbara Ehrenreich, the play is about a writer who wants to shine a spotlight on the Read More
Daniella Tebib News Editor dtebib@murraystate.edu “Nickel and Dimed,” presented by the department of global languages and theatre arts, gives a look into the lives of those who live off of minimum wage jobs. “Nickel and Dimed” is a play based on the book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich. Read More
Story by Lindsey Coleman, Staff writer A bill that would increase the minimum wage rate in Kentucky was unable to make it past committees in the Kentucky General Assembly this month. “HB 178 is effectively dead for the 2017 session of the Kentucky General Assembly,” Rep. Kenny Imes said. After the bill was introduced on Read More