Minimum wage increases on state ballots this election cycle could cost 290,000 jobs, according to a new analysis.

Ballot initiatives in Arizona, Colorado and Maine to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour and one in Washington to raise it to $13.50 would slow job growth, the right-of-center American Action Forum concluded Friday.

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