Point-to-point sub-orbital spaceflight is a category of spaceflight in which a spacecraft uses a sub-orbital flight for transportation. This can provide a two-hour trip from London to Sydney, which would be much faster than what is currently over a twenty-hour flight.
On June 2, 2014, the City Council of Seattle, Washington passed a local ordinance to increase the minimum wage of the city to $15 an hour, giving the city the highest minimum wage in the United States, which will be phased in over seven years, to be fully implemented by 2021.
San Diego is mulling a $13-an-hour wage and Oakland is considering $12.25. Seattle's current minimum is the state-mandated $9.32, the highest of any state.eattle raises minimum wage to $15 an hour, highest in U.S. Seattle minimum wage battle. Elaine Thompson / Associated Press. Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant, right, looks on as Stephanie Sucasaca holds up a fist as Sawant had just done while interpreting Sawant's remarks into Spanish on May Day.