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| Contributor | CBlock941 |
| Last Edited | CBlock941 Jan 11, 2007 02:49pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Thursday, January 11, 2007 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Differences between House and Senate Democrats over whether the state minimum wage should be automatically adjusted for inflation have slowed the push to pass a bill raising the base wage.
While both sides agree that the minimum wage should be increased in two stages from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour by next January, only the Senate version provides a mechanism for annual cost-of-living increases in future years. |
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