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Minimum wage debate pits cities against states

By DAVID KLEPPERBLAKE DAVIS
Published June 19, 2014 4:00pm ET
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Minimum wage debate pits cities against states
People rally for an increase in the minimum wage on the Great Western Staircase at the Capitol on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Several hundred fast-food workers and other low-wage employees from around New York gathered to pressure lawmakers to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10.10 an hour and let local cities raise it even higher. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) | Mike Groll

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Efforts to raise the minimum wage are increasingly pitting cities against states.

Seattle recently raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, more than $5 higher than the state minimum. Officials in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and other cities are also pushing to raise their starting wages.

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