By Susan Cover Maine
Spectrum News, Dec. 29, 2022

... Effective Sunday, the state minimum wage will increase from $12.75 to $13.80 per hour, an annual adjustment required by state law. ...

Across the country, 23 states are raising their minimum wage in January, with four more states and Washington D.C. scheduled for increases later in the year, according to Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a national network of business owners that advocates for fair wages.

Washington D.C. pays the best, with a $16.10 minimum wage that increases each year on July 1. It is followed by Washington...

By Dee DePass
Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dec 28, 2022
Minimum wage earners in Minnesota will get a small raise on Jan. 1, as will their counterparts in 22 other states ...

The inflation adjustment in Minnesota means that workers at businesses with more than $500,000 in annual revenue will see a 26-cent boost in hourly pay to $10.59. ... The minimum wage also is higher in some cities. St. Paul boosted its minimum wage from $12.50 to $15 an hour effective July 1, 2022. That rate rises to $15.19 an hour starting Sunday. Minneapolis' minimum wage jumped ... to $15 in July and is also poised to reach $15.19 on Jan. 1. ...

"These needed raises don't stay in workers' pockets," said Holly Sklar, CEO of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage. "They energize communities, as workers and their families have more to spend at local businesses. Minimum wage raises also pay off in lower employee turnover, increased productivity and better customer service, which strengthens small business competitiveness."

By Kristin Danley-Greiner
Patch Maryland, Dec 27, 2022. Also Annapolis, Bel Air, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Edgewater, Germantown, Ellicott City

Some workers across Maryland will see an increase in pay beginning next week, as the state moves toward a minimum wage of $15 per hour, which will take place on Jan. 1, 2025. The current rate of pay for minimum wage workers across Maryland is $12.50 per hour and the new minimum wage will increase to $13.25.

Maryland happens to be one of 23 states across the nation that are increasing their minimum wage. Four more...

By Jacob Comer
WOWT NBC6 News, Dec. 27, 2022. Also NBC Nebraska, Scottsbluff; 1011Now KOLN; KSNB-TV (NBC), Hastings

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase annually until 2026 after voters passed an initiative in November. ...

Nebraska Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, which is a coalition of more than 300 businesses, strongly supported the initiative.

“Nebraska voters passed a $15 minimum wage in November and we’re looking forward to the first step toward $15 in January,” said Dave Titterington, owner of Wild Bird Habitat Stores in Lincoln and Omaha.” It will bring a better new year...

Springfield Business Journal, Dec 27, 2022

The new year is slated to bring an increased minimum wage to the Show- Me State. The new minimum pay starting Jan. 1 is $12 per hour ... It’s the final hike approved by voters in 2018 through Proposition B. ... After that, the state’s minimum wage would be indexed for the cost of living, according to a news release from the Business for a Fair Minimum Wage organization, a national network of business owners, executives and organizations that supported Prop B.

“Minimum wage increases are a great boost...

By Deb Belt
Patch Virginia, Dec 27, 2022

Some workers across Virginia will see an increase in pay beginning next week, as the state moves toward a minimum wage of $15 per hour ... The current rate of pay for minimum wage workers across Virginia is $11 per hour and the new minimum wage will increase to $12 on Sunday. ...

Business for a Fair Minimum Wage coalition noted that most business owners are in favor of the increases as they'll help boost consumer spending, strengthen local economies and help improve employee hiring, retention and productivity...

By Jeff Arnold
Patch Illinois, Dec 27, 2022

As 2022 gives way to the new year, some workers across the state will see an increase in pay beginning next week. The state’s minimum wage rate is set to increase to $13 on Sunday ... Illinois is slowly moving toward a minimum wage of $15 per hour, which will take place on Jan. 1, 2025, after the rate of minimum wage jumps to $14 in 2024. ...

The minimum wage increase is expected to affect an estimated 510,400 workers in Illinois, or about 9 percent of the state's...

By Erin Bamer
Omaha World Herald, Dec 25, 2022

INCOLN — Nebraskans earning the lowest wages in the state will start the new year with a pay raise. On Jan. 1, the state’s minimum wage will rise from $9 per hour to $10.50 per hour. It’s the first increase in a series of gradual raises that will take the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 in line with a ballot initiative that passed in November. ...

Dave Titterington, who owns two Wild Bird Habitat Stores in Lincoln, already pays his employees above...

By Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Nebraska Rural Radio Association, Dec. 22, 2022

On Jan. 1, Nebraska’s minimum wage will increase from $9 to $10.50 as the first step under Initiative 433, passed by voters in November. Business owners across the state say the minimum wage increase will boost consumer spending and strengthen Nebraska’s workforce and local businesses.

In November, 59% of Nebraska voters approved Initiative 433, which will gradually raise the state minimum wage to $15 by 2026. Nebraska Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, a coalition of more than 300 businesses across the state, supported the increase.

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With the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (unchanged for 13 years and counting), states across the country continue to take matters into their own hands. The latest to join the party is Nebraska, where voters passed an initiative in November’s elections to gradually raise the minimum wage there to $15 per hour by 2026. ... Nebraska joins 27 states plus Washington, D.C., that also have increases scheduled for 2023 as part of initiatives to up their minimum wages passed in recent years.

The bumps are the fruit of years-long efforts from activists and one of the groups, called Business for a Fair Minimum Wage, argues that the increases also make business sense by boosting consumer spending and improving employee morale.

Yahoo Finance, Dec 20, 2022

Dave Titterington, owner of Wild Bird Habitat Stores in Nebraska, joins Yahoo Finance Live to explain why he's an advocate for higher minimum wages and passing Nebraska Initiative 433.

- More than 20 states are set to increase their minimum wage at the start of the new year. And the proposed raise the Wage Act in Congress aims to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Let's talk about what this could mean for small businesses, the impact there. We want to bring in Dave Titterington. He is the...

By Mark Mulholland
WNYT TV NBC 13, Albany, Dec 15, 2022

Minimum wage is going up in Upstate New York at the end of this month, and some businesses are cheering it on.

The minimum wage for workers outside New York City [Long Island and Westchester County] is $13.20 an hour.  Effective at the end of the year, it goes up to $14.20 an hour. The minimum wage for fast food workers across New York state is a little higher at $15 an hour. ...

Business For a Fair Minimum Wage, a network of business owners...

Amsterdam News, Nov 17, 2022

On Nov. 15, Raise Up NY, Senate Labor Chair Jessica Ramos, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Comptroller Brad Lander gathered to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Fight for $15 with a rally at City Hall, and to launch a new campaign for a $21 minimum wage for New York. 

The coalition, known as Raise Up NY, which includes workers, labor unions, community organizations, and businesses, demanded that the New York State legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul act swiftly to raise New York State’s minimum wage, which has eroded dramatically in recent...

By Nebraska Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Omaha Daily Record, Nov 14, 2022

Nebraska business owners are celebrating the passage of Initiative 433, saying raising the minimum wage will boost consumer spending, strengthen Nebraska’s workforce, and bolster local businesses. Initiative 433 will gradually raise the state minimum wage by $1.50 a year until it reaches $15 in 2026.

More than 300 businesses joined the Nebraska Business for a Fair Minimum Wage coalition, supporting Initiative 433. Business owners signed theNebraska Business for a Fair Minimum Wage Statement, noting that minimum wage increases go right back into...

By  Isabella Basco
KMTV (CBS 3 Omaha). Nov 10, 2022. Also Yahoo News.

... Hundreds of businesses supported the decision to raise the minimum wage. They joined a coalition saying so. ...

When Lindsey Clements opened her business, Vis Major Brewing in Omaha, she was paying her employees $12 an hour. But during the pandemic she decided to start paying her new employees at the starting wage of $16 an hour. I'm able to retain great employees with that. So I'm spending less time trying to hire and train. Having that loyalty and longevity with...