Ballot question: Should Philly set a $15-an-hour minimum wage?
State law currently makes it illegal.
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Philly’s mayor doesn’t pay his interns
At minimum wage, the nine-week summer program at the Mayor's Office would cost more than $80,000.
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Does it need to change?
Gov. Wolf and the Dems say yes. Here’s what the numbers say.
2 Philly, PA pols on why they won’t stop trying to raise the minimum wage
A Q&A with Rep. Patty Kim and Councilwoman Helen Gym
