Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 17:37:55 GMT -6
Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan said New Hampshire should raise its minimum wage to at least $10 an hour, days after California and New York decided to gradually push theirs to $15 an hour – the highest in the nation.
“We should be close to that $10 mark,” Hassan said, during an editorial board interview with the Monitor on Friday. “And I think we should look at increasing it further moving forward.”
Raising the state’s minimum wage – which at the federal level of $7.25 is the lowest in New England – has been a top priority for Hassan during her two terms as governor. But it is one she is unlikely to accomplish. Republicans in control of the Legislature have defeated multiple proposals to raise the state’s minimum wage before they ever got to Hassan’s desk.
Hassan is now challenging Republican Kelly Ayotte for her U.S. Senate seat. And if elected to Washington, Hassan said she would push to raise the federal minimum wage, but she declined to give a specific number.
Read more: www.concordmonitor.com/Politics/State-House/Hassan-says-boost-N-H-minimum-wage-to-$10-an-hour-1414476
“We should be close to that $10 mark,” Hassan said, during an editorial board interview with the Monitor on Friday. “And I think we should look at increasing it further moving forward.”
Raising the state’s minimum wage – which at the federal level of $7.25 is the lowest in New England – has been a top priority for Hassan during her two terms as governor. But it is one she is unlikely to accomplish. Republicans in control of the Legislature have defeated multiple proposals to raise the state’s minimum wage before they ever got to Hassan’s desk.
Hassan is now challenging Republican Kelly Ayotte for her U.S. Senate seat. And if elected to Washington, Hassan said she would push to raise the federal minimum wage, but she declined to give a specific number.
Read more: www.concordmonitor.com/Politics/State-House/Hassan-says-boost-N-H-minimum-wage-to-$10-an-hour-1414476