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BY JOHN REID BLACKWELL
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Some Virginians will be getting a pay raise thanks to an increase to the state s mandatory hourly minimum wage.
As of May 1, the minimum wage goes from $7.25 per hour to $9.50 per hour — a 31% increase.
It is the first of three scheduled increases that will raise minimum pay for most non-farm jobs in Virginia to $12 per hour by 2023.  And the rate is slated to go even higher — to $15 an hour — if the General Assembly approves.
Virginia joins several other states and big cities in raising the minimum wage above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. ....

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