By Mitchell Hartman
Marketplace, December 23, 2016
Congress hasn’t raised the federal minimum wage — now $7.25-an-hour — since 2009. But many states and localities have, and there will be new minimum wage hikes in lots of places around the country starting on Jan. 1. ...
I asked Constance Palaia, who owns the Motel Del Rogue in rural Grants Pass, Oregon, how she deals with her four housekeeping employees: "We've always paid over the minimum wage... It pays off. All of these people have been here for over two years." ...