17 March 2006
03.17.06 AR: Huckabee Says He'll Consider Law Raising Minimum Wage
Friday, March 17, 2006 2:26 AM CST
13 March 2006
03.13.06 Legislative committee backs dollar hike in minimum wage
An increase in the state's minimum wage may be on the way. A legislative committee backed a bill today that would increase the minimum wage by a dollar. The minimum wage now stands at six-dollars-and-seventy-five cents an hour. The bill endorsed b
11 March 2006
03.11.06 Oklahoma: Minimum wage, maximum debate
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Raising the minimum wage rate is a passionate debate this session at the Oklahoma Capitol, but not to Dominic Jann just a few blocks away. Paying minimum wage isn't an option for the Carl's Jr. restaurant general manager, not with several
10 March 2006
03.10.06 Michigan: Minimum-wage hike on fast track
Friday, March 10, 2006 LANSING -- Minimum-wage workers in Michigan would get a raise from $5.15 to $6.95 an hour on Oct. 1, under a surprise Republican-backed bill speeding through the Legislature. A standard work week would pay $72 more.
03.09.06 Michigan: State Senate OK's Minimum Wage Increase
March 09, 2006 4:22 PM In a surprise move, the state Senate on Thursday passed an increase in Michigan’s minimum wage, and the House acted swiftly later in the day to position the measure for upcoming approval.
03.09.06 West Virginia: Minimum wage bill advances
March 9, 2006 CHARLESTON - The state Senate Labor Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage in West Virginia to more than $7 an hour for the next two years.
3.10.06 Michigan - GOP Gets Behind Minimum Wage Hike
March 10, 2006 Reaction was mixed after the surprise approval by the GOP-controlled state Senate of a bill to hike Michigan's minimum wage by 35 percent to $6.95 by fall, but some warned it would be a "job killer."
09 March 2006
03.09.06 Ohio Minimum Wage Gets a Boost
Only to $5.15, current federal minimum
nbc4i.com - News - State Minimum Wage Could Increase With Bill
Increase to $5.15 (currently $4.85)
08 March 2006
Maine: Minimum wage bill advances
March 8, 2006 AUGUSTA -- The Maine Senate, voting largely along party lines, gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill that raises the state's minimum wage by 50 cents.
3.08.06 Michigan - Minimum-wage war flares
As a coalition working to increase Michigan's minimum wage moves toward getting its issue on the November ballot, economists and business officials are red-flagging the effort.
Senate Joins House; Votes in Favor of Minimum Wage Hike
The Maine Senate voted to ratchet up the state's minimum wage in two stages from $6.50 to $7.00 an hour by October 2007.
03 March 2006
Tennessee legislators pushing to raise minimum wage
Thursday, March 02, 2006 By HANK HAYES Times-News A group of Tennessee Democratic lawmakers announced Wednesday they would push legislation to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour into the $6 to $7 per hour range...
PA: Group Rallies for Increase in Base Wage
Protesters calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s $5.15-an-hour minimum wage rallied outside state Sen. David J. Brightbill’s Lebanon office yesterday, accusing Brightbill, the majority leader, of having reneged on a promise to get the Senate to vo
Moore Pushes for Minimum Wage Increase
State Treasurer Richard Moore called on Kinston residents Thursday to push local legislators to increase the state’s minimum wage by $1.
02 March 2006
Rhode Island: Workers Receive Minimum Wage Increase Today
March 1,2006 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island workers are receiving the first of two increases to the state's minimum wage.
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006, 6:52:29 PM (Des Moines– KCRG) -- A proposal to raise Iowa's minimum wage is probably dead in this legislative session...
Democrats propose legislation to increase minimum wage on Southern Standard
Tennessee does not have a state minimum wage. The federal wage was last raised in 1997 from $4.25 to $5.15, an amount state lawmakers say is not enough, especially for single parents...
01 March 2006
Iowa: Republicans cancel minimum wage debate
March 1, 2006 A meeting to discuss a proposed increase to the state’s minimum wage was scrubbed Wednesday, effectively ending any chance of the measure being approved this year.
Washington: Study of minimum wage is canceled
March 1, 2006 The Legislature has soundly defeated past attempts to tinker with the state's minimum wage, the highest in the nation at $7.63 an hour. Now legislators have decided they don't want to study the issue either. A bill calling for a study
Henderson State Oracle - Minimum wage increase fires debate
February 27, 2006 by Martha Myrick Discussion in Congress is once again in progress over whether to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15. GARN (Give Arkansas a Raise Now), the coalition of proponents of a minimum wage increase, has re
02/27/06 - State committee passes minimum wage resolution
February 27, 2006 OKLAHOMA CITY — A Senate committee on Monday narrowly approved measures that would allow voters to decide on raising the minimum wage and permitting collective bargaining for municipal employees. The measures now go to the full Sen
2/28/06 - Des Moines: Iowa Democrats Want to Raise Minimum Wage
February 28th, 2006- If your job here in Iowa pays minimum wage, you make $5.15 an hour. Is that too low? Democrats in an evenly split Senate think it is. They say they have the 26 votes needed to raise that amount...
