Calif. governor announces plan to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022, By Jim Tankersley and Lydia DePillis, March 28, 2016, Washington Post: “California’s plan to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 — higher than any other state in the union — would put the state in uncharted territory, carrying both hope and danger for workers in the nation’s largest economy. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) announced the deal with state lawmakers Monday. Under the agreement, California’s minimum wage, now $10 an hour, would climb gradually over six years. The deal came together quickly, under duress: A pending ballot initiative threatened to raise the wage more swiftly if politicians didn’t act. The state legislature still has to vote on the plan…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty