During the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro says he noticed businesses in the South County region of the state posting jobs offering wages up to $17 an hour. Over time this fell to $15 per hour, then $13 until one night in December, Lardaro saw a sign posted on a business’s
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