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Ed Flanagan, the sponsor of an initiative to raise the minimum wage in Alaska, speaks with reporters after more than 43,000 signatures were delivered Friday, Jan. 17, 2013, to the Alaska Division of Elections Office in Anchorage, Alaska. If enough signatures are verified, the question would appear on the August ballot. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Vince Beltrami, left, Kim Hays, middle, both with the Alaska AFL-CIO, and initiative sponsor Ed Flanagan deliver more than 43,000 signatures on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, to the Alaska Division of Elections Office in Anchorage, Alaska. If enough signatures are verified, the question of whether to raise the state's minimum wage would appear on the August ballot. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Vince Beltrami, with the Alaska AFL-CIO, delivers more than 43,000 signatures on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, to the Alaska Division of Elections Office in Anchorage, Alaska. If enough signatures are verified, the question of whether to raise the state's minimum wage would appear on the August ballot. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference in the Queens borough of New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will be announcing a significant expansion of a law that requires employers to give employees paid sick days. Two sources familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak about the law until de Blasio announces it Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, say it will provide sick days for an additional 300,000 New Yorkers. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
