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Ohio’s minimum wage increases again on January 1, 2022
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s minimum wage is increasing/has increased on January 1st to $9.30 an hour. That’s 50 cents more an hour than in 2021. Still, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Hannah Halbert said the new minimum wage is about half of what low-wage workers need to actually be able to afford… Read More
Sen. Brown Says Hike In Minimum Wage Is ‘Long Overdue’
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Joe Biden has said he doesn’t think an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour will pass in the latest COVID relief bill. But Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Senator says it needs to be passed somehow because it’s long overdue. Sen. Sherrod Brown says the minimum wage hike is a popular idea. “The support… Read More
Senate Says No To $15 Minimum Wage For Now, But Democrats Vow To Push On
By: Andrea Hsu | Sam Gringlas | Audie Cornish | NPR
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Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 remains a priority of President Biden and Democrats after the Senate approved an amendment prohibiting a wage increase during the pandemic.
Petitioners Can Now Gather Signatures For $13 Minimum Wage Ballot Issue
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A group trying to increase the minimum wage through a constitutional amendment can begin collecting signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. The so-called “Raise The Wage” amendment would increase the minimum wage by annual increments to eventually reach $13 an hour by 2025. The group trying to put the measure on the November ballot… Read More
Ohio Attorney General OKs Next Step of Minimum Wage Issue
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s attorney general has approved the next step of a proposal to amend the state constitution to raise the minimum wage. The amendment calls for annual boosts in the minimum wage until it hits $13 an hour in 2025. The current Ohio minimum wage is $8.55 an hour. Attorney General David… Read More
Kentucky Democratic Lawmakers to Push for Minimum Wage Increase
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers in Kentucky say they have a proposal that would eventually more than double the state’s minimum wage. Sen. Reggie Thomas of Lexington and Rep. Kathy Hinkle of Louisa say they’ll introduce the measure in the House and Senate during the 2020 session. Their legislation would gradually raise the… Read More
Living Wage: Ohio Valley Workers, Employers React As House Votes For $15 Minimum Wage
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, more than double the current $7.25 rate, which has not changed in a decade. The bill is unlikely to clear the Republican-controlled Senate, where Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has said he will not take it… Read More
Minimum Wage Hike Would Have Major Effect In Ohio Valley
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost the wages of 17 million workers and lift about 1.3 million people out of poverty. But the CBO warns that could also result in more than one million lost jobs and could diminish overall income for others…. Read More