By Joyce M. Rosenberg
Associated Press (AP), Nov 9, 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president has small business advocates expecting policy changes on issues like health care and the environment. ...
MINIMUM WAGE
The approval of minimum wage increases in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and the state of Washington will likely add momentum to campaigns in other parts of the country, says Holly Sklar, director of the advocacy group Business For a Fair Minimum Wage.
"We expect to see more states through legislation and ballot campaigns to be moving forward in 2017," Sklar says.
Some small business groups say a higher minimum wage hurts small companies; others say it helps them compete and gives consumers more money to spend at small businesses.
Sklar believes Congress will be pressured to lift the federal minimum wage, which has been $7.25 since 2009. Even so, she doesn't expect it to reach some state levels of $15 by 2020.
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