Legislative committee backs minimum-wage bill, By Daniela Altimari, March 15, 2012, Hartford Courant: “The state’s minimum wage would rise 50 cents in each of the next two years under a measure that cleared the legislature’s labor committee Thursday. The committee tweaked the bill before the vote, both to reduce the size of the increase from 75 cents each year, and to move the first increase from July 1 to next January. If approved, the hourly wage would rise from the current $8.25 to $8.75 on Jan. 1, 2013, and to $9.25 on Jan. 1, 2014. The following year, the rate would be tied to the Consumer Price Index. The measure has a high-profile champion in House Speaker Chris Donovan, but its fate remains murky, largely because Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s support is uncertain…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty