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Ballots for the November election are headed to mailboxes across the state, and Nebraska voters will get to decide if the state's minimum wage should gradually rise - about $1.50 per year, until it reaches $15 an hour by 2026. Kate Wolfe - campaign manager with Raise the Wage Nebraska, the group behind Initiative Measure 433 - said when working families are earning a sustainable wage, they have more money to spend. "More money in people's pockets is more money that is spent in main-street businesses," said Wolfe, "and that helps drive our local economies. &quo...
A campaign to raise Nebraska’s minimum wage to $15 an hour from the current $9 said Thursday that it has collected more than enough signatures to place the issue before voters in November.
Petition campaigns to put voter ID requirements and a raise in the minimum wage turned in far more signatures than required to get on the ballot, while the campaign for medical marijuana was closer to the minimum number required.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A campaign to raise Nebraska's minimum wage to $15 an hour from the current $9 said Thursday that it has collected more than enough signatures to place the issue before voters in November.