The Daily Populous

Thursday September 26th, 2019 day edition

image for This CEO raised the minimum salary of his employees to $70k and now he's doing it again

(CNN) A maverick CEO who slashed his own salary four years ago to raise his employees' pay is doing it again.

Dan Price, the head of Seattle-based Gravity Payments, said Tuesday that all of the employees in the company's new Boise, Idaho, office will earn a minimum annual salary of $70,000 by 2024.

"This morning we cut the ribbon on the new @GravityPymts Boise office AND announced that all of our employees here will start earning our $70k min salary," Price announced on Twitter.

"I'm so grateful to work with this amazing team and to be able to compensate them for the value they bring to our community.".

This morning we cut the ribbon on the new @GravityPymts Boise office AND announced that all of our employees here will start earning our $70k min salary.

The Boise office was previously an independent company called ChargeItPro, and Gravity, a credit card processing company, acquired it as a subsidiary three years ago.

In 2015, Price decided to hike his employees' pay after he read a study about happiness. »

Donald Trump Claims Mike Pence Also Had Conversations With Ukraine President, Wants Pence Transcripts Released

Authored by inquisitr.com

Donald Trump made a surprise claim in his United Nations press conference Wednesday, apparently implicating Vice President Mike Pence in the Ukraine scandal.

Trump spent a large portion of his United Nations press conference condemning the allegations about his attempted strong-arming of Zelensky as a “hoax,” and a “witch hunt.”

Donald Trump (l) with Vice President Mike Pence (r) at the United Nations. »

Majority of House supports impeachment inquiry

Authored by politico.com

| Mark Wilson/Getty Images congress Majority of House supports impeachment inquiry.

A majority of the House now backs impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a significant milestone as Democrats move rapidly on an impeachment inquiry.

Since the start of the year, a steady stream of Democrats has backed impeachment proceedings or even outright impeachment — either through public statements or votes. »