Raising the Wages

I heard on the news last night that "A group formed by two Helena men is campaigning for a statewide ballot measure to raise the minimum wage." They are trying to raise this rate from $5.15 per hours to $6.15 per hour and also want cost of living inflation to be in this raise. Montana is a state that is currently equal to the federal minimum wage but the problem with cost of living has been lingering in the state for some time. (at least it seems that way from the view of someone only living here for 5 months) There are a few states in the country that are currently sitting above the federal minimum wage line and Montana would be joining them if these guys can get 22,340 signatures. They also say this will cost them about $300,000 to campaign for. Interesting stuff to be on the looking out for. ~~be bold (story can be found here)