Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo I Legislative Update I KET
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Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2015 · News & Politics
Minimum Wage Hike Plan Advances Amid Partisan Rift Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo (D-Prestonsburg) believes it’s time to raise the minimum wage, and he muscled his plan through the House yesterday with the predictability of a partisan split. Stumbo’s House Bill 2 gradually raises the state’s minimum wage over three years from $7.25 an hour to $10.10/hour by July 2017. The bill exempts small businesses with gross profits less than 500-thousand-dollars a year. Other exemptions include those employed in agriculture, tipped workers and baby sitters. The last time Kentucky lawmakers raised the wage was in 2007. ----- Learn more about KET's programs at http://www.ket.org/video/ Visit KET's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KET Subscribe to the KET channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ketvideos
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