Democratic nominee for governor Brandon Presley said on Tuesday that he supports an increase in Mississippi's $7.25-per-hour minimum wage.
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today October 24, 2023 Brandon Presley, the Democratic nominee for governor, said at a campaign event on Tuesday that he believes Mississippi’s minimum wage, currently set at the national minimum wage of $7.25, should be increased to a higher dollar figure. “I think there’s support in the Legislature to do that,” Presley told reporters. “There's pretty good evidence and some past actions that, I think, there could be some common sense reform to that.
The District of Columbia, at $16.10 an hour, has the highest minimum wage in the nation. Speaking to reporters after an event at Tougaloo College, a private historically Black university, Presley declined to name a specific amount for an increased state minimum wage, but he stressed that the current figure is too low for most Mississippians. “We’ll work with the Legislature on that,” Presley said. “Definitely, $7.25 is not the figure.” Communications officials with Gov.
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