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Between 1998 and 2004 job growth for small businesses grew at the rate of 6.2 percent in states with a higher minimum wage, compared to 4.1 percent in states like Virginia where $5.15 prevailed.
Nearly half of the states in this country have raised their minimum wage. Last year a bipartisan bill was introduced in the Virginia General Assembly to do the same. This legislation failed to get out of committee on a 4 - 4 tie. Please call your local Delegates and Senators and
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