If she survives to win a third Senate term, McCaskill might have the minimum wage to thank. In addition to choosing a senator on Tuesday, Missourians will be voting on Proposition B, a referendum to raise the statewide minimum wage from $7.85 per hour to $12 by 2023. Minimum wage proposals like Prop B tend to do very well on the ballot, even in conservative-leaning states. The Sixteen Thirty Fund didn’t respond to questions on its donations to the minimum wage cause. “The minimum wage ended up, I think, being one check box on that list.”

Source: Huffington Post November 02, 2018 19:43 UTC