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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he’d ‘settle for’ $9.50 minimum wage

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he’d ‘settle for’ $9.50 minimum wage

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — On the same day California’s governor signed a bill upping the state’s minimum wage to $10 within three years, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton made clear it he’d be disappointed if the Legislature doesn’t push up his state’s wage floor next session.

Addressing a retiree council of the AFL-CIO, Dayton said Wednesday it’s wrong that Minnesota has a lower minimum wage than all of its Midwest neighbors and one of the lowest in the country. It hasn’t gone up since 2005.

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