The Texas Minimum Wage Increase Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have set the state's hourly minimum wage at $10.10 or the federal minimum wage, whichever was greater. The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-116) as House Joint Resolution 26. The minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 per hour. This is not changing as of January 1, 2016. The minimum wage is changing in 14 other states as of January 1, 2016. The proposed ballot title was: The proposed amendment would have added a Section 29 to Article 16 of the Texas Constitution.
A History of the Middle East is a film project about a Syrian woman who upon losing her home in the uprising, goes back in time and into the future to remake history. Concept / Direction: Susan Youssef. Illustrations / Photos / Design: Man Kit Lam. Interactive Development: Bruno Landowski.
The Middle East is a historical and political region of Africa-Eurasia with no clear definition; it traditionally includes countries or regions in Southwest Asia and parts of North Africa. The corresponding adjective to Middle East is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.