Minnesota Joins States Raising Minimum Wage

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Minnesota workers have big raises coming their way, courtesy of a new minimum wage law that Gov. Mark Dayton signed Monday, which will take the state from one of the nation's lowest rates to among the highest. At a ceremony in the Capitol's Rotunda, Dayton hailed the hourly jump of more than $3 spread over the next few years as providing "what's fair" for hard work put in. He said he has been stunned by GOP resistance -- it passed the Legislature with...