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Minimum Wage May Increase in Some States

Source: New York Times | Nation | April 10, 2012

Ohio Minimum-Wage Jobs Decline for 1st Time in 3 Years

State legislators in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois and elsewhere are pushing to raise the minimum wage above the federal level in their own states, arguing that $7.25 an hour is too meager for anyone to live on. Voters in Missouri may be asked to vote on a minimum wage referendum in November. These moves are giving momentum to an effort to persuade Congress to embrace a higher national minimum wage.

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Ohio Minimum-Wage Jobs Decline for 1st Time in 3 Years

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