ALBANY - State lawmakers have settled on a tentative agreement that would raise the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour as part of the $136.5 billion budget. The Albany Times-Union is reporting that following a private conversation Monday morning, … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Senate Co-Leaders have Differing Opinion on Minimum Wage
ALBANY — The four-month-old ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Democrats in the state Senate could face the greatest test to its unity over raising the state minimum wage. A source with knowledge of the talks told the Albany Times … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Assembly Approves Minimum Wage Hike, Senate Approval Unlikely
ALBANY - As expected, the state Assembly Tuesday approved a bill that calls for increasing the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour – a $1.75 increase from the current rate of $7.25 an hour. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said afterward that the … [Read more...]
