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The Minimum Wage Debate

By Trish Anderton on Thursday, March 11, 2004.

At five dollars and fifteen cents an hour, New Hampshire has the lowest minimum wage in New England. Lawmakers failed last week to raise the wage by $1.50 over three years. Now a new amendment is on the table for a smaller one time raise. We'll look at both sides of the minimum wage debate. Trish's guests are Republican State Representative Lee Slocum, a member of the house Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Minimum wage. Democrat State Representative Terie Norelli, who co-sponsored the minimum wage bill.

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