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North Carolina Passes $15 State Employee Minimum Wage
North Carolina Republican legislators surprised critics when they passed a $15-per-hour “living wage” for 10,000 state workers. The increase will affect about 10,000 state government and university system employees, such as secretaries, hospital workers, security guards and housekeepers. “North Carolina’s GOP — Republicans — surprise critics by passing a $15 living wage for state workers,…