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The Colorado-based burrito chain Illegal Pete’s has been up and running for over two decades, and the company now has nearly a dozen locations. “[Business has] been great for us,” said the chain’s founder Pete Turner.And it got even greater, Turner says, after an epiphany of sorts a few years ago. He thought to himself, “’What can this business be?’ And really, who is the face of the business? It’s the employees.”In 2015, Turner made a pledge—one that was practically unheard of at the time—to raise the minimum wages of his employees from an hour to . His plan was to increase pay gradually over three years.This month, that wage goes into effect.“Our employees are going to be able to live more comfortably [and have] fulfilled lives.,” he says. “They’ll be able to be more engaged in their job.”Employees like Kristina Keeling, who works in an entry-level position at Illegal Pete’s, says she knows firsthand how big of a difference those extra few dollars an hour make.“If I am surviving better in the world, then I’m going to come to work feeling a little bit better,” Keeling said. “Maybe feeling a little more positive about the world and I think I can give that and share that with the customers as well.”The federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009, and it still sits at .25 an hour. However, many states have raised it on their own. Now, the nation is a hodgepodge of wages, and in some cases, large companies are now leading the way. Amazon, Target and Disney have announced they’ll pay employees an hour. However, critics argue small businesses will suffer if forced to pay an hour. The result may be to lay off workers or reduce hours.But Leo Gertner, with the National Employment Law Project, says when it’s done slowly, it works.“All of these changes have been extremely gradual,” Gertner explains. “Cents over time, and companies have been able to absorb the costs, including small businesses.”That’s how things are done at Illegal Pete’s. Turner’s mantra: make a slow buck, not a quick one.“It’s just nice to know we’ve got, let’s say, 380 people in Colorado that are able to live the lives they want to, go to school, grow in this company, get married, have kids, buy a house, and still work here,” Turner says. 2272

The Consumer Financial Protections Bureau reports 72 million Americans struggle to pay off medical debt, as of 2018. In fact, it’s one of the leading causes of bankruptcy in the U.S.Michelle Farden’s daughter, Monica, was included in those statistics. Monica got a blood clot in 2014 and she didn’t have health insurance.“The blood clot went to her heart and took her life,” Farden says. The grieving mother wonders if her daughter’s mounting medical bills contributed to her passing.One in 5 Americans are facing a burden of looming medical bills, according to the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau. Fifty-two percent of all debt in America is related to medical expenses. “If a patient is so concerned about the cost that they’re going to skip treatment, they’re going to get sicker and that doesn’t help anybody,” David Fredricken, CEO of Patient Focus, a group that helps patients deal with medical debt that’s often unforeseen and unaffordable. Fredricken says often times, a patient has no idea what they owe when they leave the hospital.According to NerdWallet, there are some things you can do to help alleviate your medical debt, and the stress that comes along with it:Set up a payment planConsider a medical credit cardTalk to a medical bill advocateIf you’re already in collections, try to negotiate a lower payment on your ownFarden wishes she could turn back time and have her daughter back, as she wonders how many other lives have been lost because someone was afraid to pay a bill.For more information on 1538

The next full moon will appear in the sky this weekend. The full moon will appear “opposite” the sun at 5:17 p.m. EDT Sunday and it will appear full from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning, 203

The number of measles cases in the United States made its biggest jump of the year, with 90 new cases reported in just one week, according to numbers released Monday by the 185

The House Rules Committee met on Tuesday to decide on the process for Wednesday's House session, which will likely result in the impeachment of President Donald Trump. By a 9-4 party line vote, the Rules Committee decided that there will be six hours of debate on the House floor on Wednesday. The six hours will be divided evenly between the two parties. Members of the House will then vote on the two articles of impeachment being offered by House Democrats -- one on obstruction of Congress and another on abuse of power -- individually. Earlier on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that enough Democrats plus Congress' lone independent have committed to voting for articles of impeachment against Trump. The result would result in Trump becoming the third president in American history to be impeached. The House said that Wednesday's session will get underway at 9 a.m. ET, but it is unclear exactly what time debate on the impeachment will start. 969

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