By Beth Musgrave
Lexington Herald Leader, Nov 19, 2015
PHOTO: Local business owner Freddy Peralta expressed support for raising Lexington’s minimum wage at an Urban County Council meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015
Lexington’s Urban County Council on Thursday voted to raise the city’s minimum wage.
After listening to dozens of people testify for and against the ordinance for 90 minutes, the council voted 9-6 to gradually raise the minimum wage from the current federal minimum, $7.25 an hour, to $10.10 an hour over the next three years.
On July 1, the minimum wage would increase to $8.20 an hour and would increase to $9.15 an hour on July 1, 2017. The minimum wage would move to $10.10 on July 1, 2018. ...