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  "textContent": "Workers at franchised fast food restaurants got a big pay bump about two years ago. A UC Santa Cruz economics researcher suggests that may have come with a side of unintended consequences.",
  "title": "Exploring the impacts of California’s minimum wage for fast food workers"
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