- Ohio’s minimum wage increase expected to boost economy by $40 million, By Ray Jablonski, December 18, 2014, Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Ohio’s minimum wage will increase slightly on Jan. 1, which is expected to provide a boost to the state’s economy. As the calendar flips to 2015, Ohio’s minimum wage will increase by 15 cents to $8.10 per hour, benefiting an estimated 313,000 low-wage workers in the state, according to a release from the National Employment Law Project, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization that advocates on issues affecting low-wage and unemployed workers. In addition, the minimum wage for tipped workers in Ohio will rise by 7 cents to $4.05 per hour…”
- Missouri’s minimum wage will rise in 2015, but there will be no change in Kansas, By Diane Stafford, December 17, 2014, Kansas City Star: “Cost-of-living adjustments built into Missouri’s minimum wage law will push the state’s wage floor up to $7.65 an hour on Jan. 1. The state’s minimum has been $7.50 an hour in 2014. Missouri is among 29 states that have, or will have as of Jan. 1, state minimums that are higher than the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. In states that have their own minimum wage statutes, the higher of the state and federal rates must by paid by employers who are covered by the laws. Workers in Kansas fall under the federal rate, which has not been raised since 2009…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty