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Arkansas Minimum Wage Will Be Put To November Vote

The Arkansas Minimum Wage Increase Initiative Is On Its Way – This fall, Arkansas voters will have the choice to increase the state minimum wage to $11.00 per hour by 2021. The Arkansas Secretary of State announced on August 16 that petitioners had raised more than 84,000 valid signatures in support of adding the measure Read more

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Governor Lincoln Chafee recently signed legislation raising the state’s minimum wage.  The minimum wage rate will increase by one dollar from the current $8.00 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2015. So far there are four additional states with minimum wage increases effective January 1, 2015. They are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont and Read more