week.com February 24, 2020 PEORIA (WEEK) — A local state lawmaker has introduced legislation to amend the minimum-wage bill that was signed into law last year. State Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) recently introduced SB 3396, which would allow for regional control of setting the minimum wage. The current law will raise the minimum wage to […]
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By Drew Desilver January 4, 2017 Fact #1: Adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage peaked in 1968 at $8.68 (in 2016 dollars). Since it was last raised in 2009, to the current $7.25 per hour, the federal minimum has lost about 9.6% of its purchasing power to inflation. Back in 2015, The Economist estimated
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By Drew Desilver February 24, 2020 The federal minimum wage has stood at $7.25 an hour since July 2009. Given the partisan split between the House and Senate, it seems destined to remain there for the foreseeable future, despite broad public support for raising it. But in some ways, Congress’ deadlock is almost a side
By Jake Burns February 19, 2020 Faith leaders from across Virginia gathered below the State Capitol Wedneday to greet lawmakers and urge them to take a more immediate approach to increasing the minimum wage. Two proposals to increase Virginia’s minimum wage from $7.25 per hour, which has not changed since 2009, remain viable as the
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By Jon Hurdle February 18, 2020 Paul Blaustein wakes at 4 a.m. every day to be ready to drive an hour to his disabled son’s apartment if the person who takes care of him in the early mornings can’t make it. Blaustein, who is chairman of the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities, told the
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