Republicans celebrate Lincoln Day
Republicans from region 7 gathered in Idaho Falls Saturday night for their annual Lincoln Day celebration.
The event provides a unique opportunity for the public to personally meet, shake hands, talk directly with and hear from State elected officials.
They use this as an opportunity to celebrate President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill to create the Idaho territory in 1863.
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo traveled to Eastern Idaho from Washington D.C. to take part in the celebrations.
Local News 8 and KIDK Eyewitness News 3 caught up with Governor Brad Little at the event and asked him about his thoughts on the bill proposal to raise minimum wage.
“If you’re in Victor, or Hailey or Ketchum, the cost of living is a lot more in some of our rural areas, where we have a lot much more affordable housing where people can work right out their back doors,” Said Governor Little. “So what is a living wage in some of those communities is not a living wage elsewhere. I view the minimum wage as a starting wage, we absolutely have to have our young people have an opportunity to work early, where they learn the value of work, showing up and going to work on time but for the most part our minimum wage jobs are starting wage, it’s definitley not a living wage and it shouldn’t be. I’m not a big government mandate person, and that’s my feeling on it.”
Lincoln Day in region 7 takes place in February.
You can see our full interview below with Governor Little on his thoughts about Lincoln day, the bill to raise minimum wage, Medicaid expansion, and education.
