Pennsylvania

After newly-elected Governor Josh Shapiro raised the issue in his budget address, some are renewing efforts to enact a $15 minimum wage in Pennsylvania. Activists and lawmakers have tried to push the Fight for $15 for years in the Commonwealth, but have been blocked by concerns over…

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has repeatedly called to raise the state’s minimum wage – every year for the last seven years. Yet bills proposing minimum wage increases have continually failed in the state legislature. The most recent bill, which would have raised the state’s minimum from the current federal hourly…

Since U.S. Senators voted against a federal $15 minimum wage, Pennsylvania lawmakers have ramped up a push to raise the state minimum wage to $15, headed by Governor Tom Wolf. Such a measure would more than double the state’s current minimum, and could cost more…