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January 2, 2018

4.5 Million U.S. Minimum Wage Workers Get Raise with New Year
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About 4.5 million U.S. workers will see a pay raise beginning this week,
after 18 states and 19 cities increased their minimum wages. The
increases range from 35 extra cents per hour in Michigan to an extra
dollar per hour in Maine. Most of the increases came about as part of
voter-backed ballot measures or new state laws.


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