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A wide shot of the interior of Sleder's Family Tavern. Wooden booths that resemble church pews line the right-side wall. The wood paneling is adorned with picture frames and taxidermy animal heads. A row of tables runs down the center of the room. Patrons fill the seats. The back wall, also decked with animal heads, is covered with a stripey wallpaper. A weak ceiling fan hangs next to a chandelier with bellflower-shaped lamps.

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Stateside Podcast: What an increase in minimum wage for tipped workers could mean for restaurants

Stateside Staff

As minimum wages increase for tipped workers, so too will menu prices start to rise. Some restaurant owners are concerned about how much of a price increase customers are willing to endure for a night out.

"Many Detroiters were leaving money on the table," said Priscilla Perkins, the President and CEO of the Accounting Aid Society.

Economy

Mich. Supreme Court is asked for “clarity” on minimum wage ruling

Rick Pluta

The state departments in charge of administering minimum wage laws are asking the Michigan Supreme Court for clarity after a ruling earlier this summer.

a lot of cars lined up outside the detroit windsor tunnel

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Stateside: Vaccines in Detroit-Windsor tunnel; Tecumseh’s legacy; worker bargaining power

Stateside Staff

Today, on Stateside, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario has a creative solution for getting excess Detroit vaccine doses to Canadians: a vaccine clinic in the…