A Democrat-led effort in the Senate to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour failed yesterday.
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The federal minimum wage has remained at $5.15 since 1997, but 20 states and the District of Columbia have approved minimum wages above the federal level. The newspaper notes that in as many as 6 other states, voters will decide whether to raise the minimum wage on the November ballot.
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