A higher minimum wage in Delaware? Why supporters hope this is the year
Delaware News Journal Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill late Tuesday to gradually raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, heeding the growing call for the pay increase that neighboring states have already implemented. But the COVID-19 pandemic has only bolstered opposition from Delaware's business-friendly community, which has prevailed in stopping such an increase in the past. Democrats have tried and failed for several years to move the state toward a $15 minimum wage. And like last session's unsuccessful bill, this bill filed on Tuesday would gradually raise the minimum wage fro...