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"A minimum wage debate is expected to heat up again next year when state lawmakers return for the start of the 2014 legislative session," 

"The state minimum wage is $6.15 an hour, but most workers earn at least the federal minimum of $7.25. Democrats in charge of the Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton's office want workers to be paid more, but to pass a bill they will have to find a number they can agree on -- which proved to be surprisingly elusive at the close of the 2013 session."

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“A minimum wage debate is expected to heat up again next year when state lawmakers return for the start of the 2014 legislative session,” writes MPR News reporter Tim Pugmire. “The state minimum wage is $6.15 an hour, but most workers earn at least the federal minimum of $7.25. Democrats in charge of the Legislature…

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