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Kentucky Governor Raises Minimum Wage for State Employees

HeadlineJun 09, 2015

Kentucky Democratic Governor Steven Beshear has signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for employees of the state executive branch to $10.10 an hour. The order will raise the salaries of nearly 800 state workers beginning on July 1. Governor Beshear said the current U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is “simply not enough to support a family.”

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