Economy

Four states OK minimum wage hikes

By Sean Higgins
Published November 9, 2016 4:24am ET
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Four states OK minimum wage hikes
With about 60 percent of the vote reported, voters by a margin of 55 percent to 45 percent backed a constitutional amendment to raise the minimum to $12 an hour from $8.31. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) | DAVID ZALUBOWSKI

Voters in Colorado, Maine, Arizona and Washington state all approved ballot measures to increase their states’ minimum wage Tuesday.

The rate will raise to $12 an hour in Arizona, Maine and Colorado and to $13.50 in Washington state. The federal minimum wage is $7.25, but states are free to set their rates above that.

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