- Minimum wage rising for Colorado workers starting Jan. 1, By Wayne Heilman, December 20, 2014, Colorado Springs Gazette: “Colorado’s minimum wage workers will get a 23-cent-an-hour raise starting Jan. 1, thanks to a state constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2006 that requires their pay to keep up with inflation. The minimum wage for workers who don’t receive tips increases to $8.23 an hour, while the minimum for servers and other workers who receive tips from customers rises to $5.21 an hour. The increases are the largest since a 28-cent-an-hour jump in 2012. For 2014, the amount went up 22 cents an hour…”
- Minimum wage buying power in Ohio is shifting, By Jona Ison, December 21, 2014, Cincinnati Enquirer: “Ohio’s minimum wage is automatically adjusted each year by the rate of inflation, which is good for entry-level employees but might come at the expense of raises in the long term. Since 2006, the state’s minimum wage has been adjusted based on the consumer price index, which calculates the change of prices urban consumers pay for goods. The rate will be increasing from $7.95 to $8.10 on Jan. 1…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty