Hawaii raises minimum wage to $10.10 per hour

Published May 23, 2014 10:41pm ET



HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii has raised its minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, putting the state among the first to meet President Barack Obama’s goal of increasing the minimum wage nationwide.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed the minimum wage bill into law in a ceremony Friday, marking the first time Hawaii’s minimum wage will be raised from $7.25 since 2007.

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