HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday called for increasing the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2017, which would make Connecticut’s the highest in the nation.

“There is a debate happening across our country on how to tackle the growing income inequality that is detrimental to our middle class families and to our families,” Malloy said during a news conference in Bridgeport. The Democrat said “a good and decent wage is good for workers and good for business.”