Republican Lawmaker Wants to Raise Ohio Minimum Wage

Louis Blessing III

If a push to increase Ohio’s minimum wage fails to make the November ballot, there’s a backup plan in the state Senate.

That plan, though, moves increases more slowly and eventually keeps the tipped wage at half of the non-tipped wage. If the proposed constitutional amendment reaches the ballot and is passed, the tipped- and non-tipped wage would eventually become equal.

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