State Minimum Wage – New Hampshire

Lynch vetoes bill eliminating state minimum wage law, By Garry Rayno, June 9, 2011, Union Leader: “Gov. John Lynch Thursday vetoed a bill doing away with the state’s minimum wage law which instead tied it to the federal law. In his veto message, Lynch said by repealing the state law, New Hampshire would be ‘effectively ceding state control and authority to the federal government.’ House Bill 133 passed both the House and Senate by more than enough votes to override the governor’s veto. Lynch said the bill would make New Hampshire one of only a handful of states completely deferring to the federal government and not establishing their own minimum wage…”