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Democrats Push Bill to Raise State Minimum Wage to $12 an Hour by 2017
On the heels of yet another raise to the nation's highest minimum wage rate, House Bill 2672 would set in motion a gradual increase of the wage offered entry-level and unskilled workers to $12 by the year 2017.