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Edgewater set to nearly double minimum wage over next five years; city playing catch up with Denver

Despite Beltrone’s early statement in the meeting about “extensive staff outreach to the stakeholders,” feedback on the plan was anything but robust according to Edgewater City Manager Dan Maples’ comments in the April 18 meeting. Maples said that a survey sent to businesses that had “some information” about the increases had only had four returned as of the meeting.

Why not a ‘Mile High’ minimum wage?

If the minimum wage helps people live, it creates more jobs, it does all of these wonderful things by itself, then why stop at 15 dollars an hour?

Blake: Fed minimum-wage would trump Colorado Constitution

Colorado is one of 19 states in 2013 that have minimum wages higher than the federal standard. In every state, the law establishing the higher wage applies. In other words, if the federal rate goes to more than $8, that would prevail here even though our minimum is in the state constitution.

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