Half the states will raise their minimum wages next year, including seven that will have wage floors of at least $15 an hour — double the federal minimum.
State wage floors have diverged along partisan lines, as voters in states that allow citizen initiatives and Democratic lawmakers in blue states have backed minimum wage increases, and Republican lawmakers in red states have stuck with a federal minimum that hasn’t budged since 2009. That includes 20 mostly southern states.
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