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Monday, August 07, 2006

States Aim to Up the Minimum Wage

States Aim to Up the Minimum Wage
A bill to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nine years failed in the Senate last week. But in a number of states, fall ballot measures would raise the minimum wage above the federal level. Would low-wage workers be helped or harmed if these measures pass? Economists are divided.

 



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