Fellows mentioned in this story:
Sherry Menor-McNamara, Cohort IV
Gavin Thornton, Cohort VIII

From Hawai‘i Public Radio:

A proposal to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour is moving forward at the state legislature. But is increasing the minimum wage a good idea for Hawaiʻi's economic recovery?

The last time the state passed a law increasing the minimum wage was in 2014, when it was raised over four years from $7.25 an hour to $10.10.

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