Most States Will Now Have A Higher Minimum Wage Than The One Set By Congress

WASHINGTON -- Americans want to raise the minimum wage, and they're done waiting around for Congress to do it for them. On Tuesday night, voters in four states -- Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota -- passed binding ballot measures that will hike their minimum wages. None of those red-leaning states is exactly a hotbed of socialism. And yet their voters have soundly rejected the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour as insufficient for workers. As it turns out, most other states have n...