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Brown Announces Plan To Raise State Minimum Wage

(Salem, OR)  --  Governor Kate Brown is pushing a plan to raise Oregon's minimum wage to 13-dollars-50-cents an hour.  The governor says the plan would also raise the hourly minimum in the Portland metro to 15-50 by 2022.  Brown says the plan is in the preliminary stages, but will be ready to present to lawmakers next month.  Currently, Oregon's minimum wage is nine-25 an hour. 

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