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House, Senate Hike R.I. Minimum Wage
Source: Scott MacKay, Providence Journal
Date: July 17, 2003
More than 10,000 Rhode Island workers would get a 60-cent-an-hour raise next January under minimum-wage
legislation approved by the General Assembly and now under consideration by Governor Carcieri. Republican
Carcieri said during his 2002 campaign for governor that he opposed raising the minimum wage, at least until
the economy improved. He has not decided whether to veto the measure raising the minimum wage from $6.15 to
$6.75 an hour.
