State House Passes Minimum Wage Bill

It’s now up to the Indiana Senate to decide whether the minimum wage for Hoosiers should go up to $7.50 an hour. Yesterday, the House passed a bill that would make that increase by 2008. Indiana’s minimum wage is currently the same as the federal rate, which has been $5.15 since 1997. The minimum wage bill also contains a component that would increase the amount of inheritance a Hoosier could receive without paying taxes on it. Some Republicans support the inheritance measure but not the minimum wage increase. They say the two issues should not be in the same bill.