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Could a higher minimum wage be an answer to Ohio’s affordability challenges? • Ohio Capital Journal

Could a higher minimum wage be an answer to Ohio’s affordability challenges? • Ohio Capital Journal2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (644+ words) Last month, the state of Michigan's minimum wage increased to $13.73 per hour, $2.73 higher than Ohio's minimum wage of $11 an hour. Ohio's minimum wage grows every year due to a constitutional amendment passed by Ohio voters in November 2006 that tied the…...