STATE HOUSE, BOSTON: While lawmakers quickly turned attention this session to their own paychecks, advocates are hoping to build momentum behind a bill that would hike the minimum wage to $15, affecting nearly 1 million people.This January marked the third and final year of $1 annual increases in the minimum hourly wage, bringing it up to $11. Talk of further increases has parts of the business community worried, while supporters of a higher wage floor say it could shrink the [...]
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