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States Progress on Minimum Wage Reform Without Congress

There's good news this fall for lower-level wage earners as well. The 2014 legislative calendar that ended prior to the start of the summer holiday was basically moribund for the U.S. Congress. Even though a nationwide minimum-wage law calling for a long-overdue increase has been advocated by many, it seems destined to lie fallow until after the November elections, if not longer.

However, that didn't stop the introduction of state-wide bills introduced by no fewer than 38 states without Congress's blessing – or increases instituted by 10 states and the District of Columbia.

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