By Rebecca Heckel
KLKN-TV (8 ABC), Oct 19, 2022
Nebraskans have a chance to raise the minimum wage on Nov. 8, but the ballot initiative has raised concerns about small businesses not being able to afford it. ... But many small businesses in Lincoln have stood in support of the increase, saying it will make the job market more competitive.
“People want to work in a place that feeds their soul as well as their stomachs,” said Cinnamon Dokken, owner of A Novel Idea Bookstore. “It’s essential that they’re able to put food on the tables. This will allow them to do that, and be able to have a greater range of choices of where to work.”
Channel 8 spoke with several small businesses at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo on Wednesday, and all of them were in support of raising the minimum wage. ...