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Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill  CNN COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides  Yahoo News Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan  The New York Times A $15 minimum wage would cost employers.

Those eligible include people who have turned down job offers because they believed the employers weren’t providing sufficient protection from the coronavirus.

The parliamentarian ruled that the provision, which would gradually increase the wage to $15 an hour, violated the strict budgetary rules that limit what can be included in the package.

Top Senate Official Disqualifies Minimum Wage From Stimulus Plan  The New York Times Parliamentarian: COVID-19 bill must lose minimum wage hike  Yahoo News Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill  CNN A $15 minimum wage would cost employers. Inequality

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$15 minimum wage not allowed in Biden’s Covid relief bill, Senate official says  CNBC Parliamentarian: COVID-19 bill must lose minimum wage hike  Yahoo News Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill  CNN A $15 minimum wage would cost employers.

Cases have fallen more slowly in New York City than nationwide, and highly contagious variants are causing concern.

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A top European court is forcing 33 governments to prove they are cutting emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Pentagon says airstrikes ‘destroyed multiple facilities at a border control point,’ are retaliation for attacks on American targets in Iraq