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Thursday, January 05, 2006

States Push For Higher Minimum Wage


From the New York Times, an interesting article about action at the state level to raise the minimum wage above the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour. Due to a lack of action by Congress, many states are now pushing to raise the minimum wage as 17 states and the District of Columbia already have a higher rate than the federal level.


Click here to read the full article.

--Tom Hayes

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