The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage statewide.
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage statewide. The bill would raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $11 per hour starting Jan.
1, 2027. The minimum wage would then increase to $13 per hour in 2028 and finally $15 per hour in 2029.If the bill passes, counties would have the option to implement the $15 per hour minimum wage sooner than 2029. The bill would also set the minimum wage for tipped employees at 60% of the statewide minimum wage. Pennsylvania's minimum wage was last raised in 2009 when the federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25, House Democrats wrote in a press release.“Research shows that increasing the minimum wage does not lead to job losses or business closures,” Dawkins said. “What it does lead to is financial security and better life outcomes for families relying on minimum wage work. To my colleagues in the Senate, I implore you to take up this bill and finally raise the wage in Pennsylvania.”The owner of the Farm Show’s popular goat snuggling station is facing felony animal cruelty charges after he performed an at-home C-section on a goat who died.The coroner has released the names of a man and woman who died over the weekend in what appears to be a murder-suicide.A recently approved project could bring hundreds of miles of high tension power lines from West Virginia to Pennsylvania, cutting through Juniata, Mifflin, andGettysburg borough has chosen a new mayor after Monday night's council meeting.HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?Harrisburg police are asking for help tracking down a man who continues to elude them, according to a news release.
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