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MONDAY,AUGUST17,2009
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make underage people think twice about drinking.
Holiday said that he was glad the issue was gaining attention and that he would work to make city policies fair for business owners.
"There's no way we can change Kansas law," Holiday said. "But you can add laws that make people think twice about using fake IDs."
"If he wanted to make his statement to the court, he went about it the wrong way, Miller said. You should make a statement to the court and not weasel around it, but I'd like to thank him for the free trip to California."
Miller said that he did not think the lawsuit was justified and that the Judge Judy case would not resolve the issue.
Miller and Holiday said they were waiting for a call to see when their episode would air.
Edited by Adam Schoof
ECONOMY
National minimum wage raises to $7.25 per hour
Kansas no longer has the lowest minimum wage in the nation. The state's minimum hourly wage rose to $7.25 July 24.
Former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed legislation April 23 raising the state's minimum hourly wage effective Jan. 1, but federal legislation superseded it.
The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 increased the federal minimum wage in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and now to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.
Melinda Robinson, Hutchinson senior, is a sales floor team member at Super Target, 3201 S Iowa St.,
and is the newscast director for KUJH-TV News. She makes less than $8 per hour at both jobs.
"I feel like it was really important for them to raise the minimum wage," Robinson said. "I think it was a really good thing because the more people make, the more they're going to spend."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the 791,000 Kan-
sans who were paid hourly rates, 31,000 of them earned at or below the federal minimum wage and received a raise on Friday.
Justin Hilley
LAWRENCE City Commission approves increase in parking fees
The increases to parking fees and fines downtown were approved on final reading at the July 21 city commission meeting. The changes approved include doubling the cost of meters, increasing parking tickets from $2 to $3 and increasing meter patrol end times from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m.
Dave Corliss, city manager,
said the next step would be to
reprogram the parking meters
within the next six weeks. He said
the city would work on a publicity campaign to inform residents about the changes to fees, fines and enforcement hours.
"We aren't ready to announce what the exact effect will be," Corliss said. "But one thing we are going to do is step back and see how can we best publicize this."
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