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$10 minimum wage proposed for Michigan

$10 minimum wage would be achieved over three years, according to Democrats sponsoring the bill. But Republicans, who control the state legislature and the governorship, have not embraced a $10 minimum wage.

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Restaurant waitress Tammy Maynard talks about the local economy and its effect on business at the Texan Restaurant in Saginaw, Mich., last year. On Thursday, Democrats in the state legislature proposed a $10 minimum wage for the state. It currently stands at $7.40 an hour.
  • By Associated Press

| LANSING, Mich.

Democratic lawmakers have introduced more legislation to raise Michigan's minimum聽wage聽to $10 an hour over three years.

The current state聽minimum聽wage聽is $7.40 per hour.

The main sponsors of the legislation announced Thursday are Democratic Reps. John Switalksi of Warren and Rashida Tlaib of Detroit. They say raising the聽minimum聽wage聽would narrow income inequality and give residents "a chance at a better life." A similar bill was introduced by Senate Democrats in February.

The measures have not been embraced by Republicans who control the Legislature nor Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. GOP legislative leaders say hiking the聽minimum聽wage聽would hurt employers' ability to hire people.

The current聽minimum聽wage聽last went up in 2008.

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