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CONCORD, N.H. - Saying it would offer relief to New Hampshire's families, Gov. John Lynch signed a law Thursday raising the state's wage for the first time in a decade.

 

"Many of our families are working hard just to get by. They are struggling to pay for gas, rent, childcare and groceries. The cost of all these things has increased significantly in the last 10 years, but New Hampshire's minimum wage has not," Lynch said.

 

The rate will increase in two steps from $5.15 per hour to $6.50 on Sept. 1 and to $7.25 the following Sept. 1. The last hike was in 1997.

 

New Hampshire's minimum is the same as the federal rate. Congress included a minimum wage hike from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour over the next two years in an Iraqi war spending bill but it was vetoed by President Bush.

 

Even with New Hampshire's increase, the state's wage will still be lower than its neighbors. Maine's $6.75 minimum wage goes up to $7 Oct. 1. Vermont's minimum wage, tied to inflation, rose from $7.25 to $7.53 on Jan. 1.

 

A University of New Hampshire study said roughly 26,500 New Hampshire workers are expected to benefit from the increase, most of them women, parents or older adults.

 

"Having been here for each of the 10 years we did nothing to adjust the minimum wage, it's been a huge satisfaction to see the New Hampshire Legislature do the right thing," said Sen. Peter Burling, one of the sponsors.

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_...nh_minimum_wage

 

 

who the fock still makes minimum wage anyway?

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who the fock still makes minimum wage anyway?

Teenagers and focktards who made bad decisions about their education and their lives.

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Teenagers and focktards who made bad decisions about their education and their lives.

 

I would like to see statistics on how many LEGAL residents of the USA over the age of 21 are making minimum wage.