Malloy Plans To Fight For A Higher Minimum Wage Hike In 2019

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he plans to get more involved in year’s legislative effort to increase Connecticut’s minimum wage.
The Democrat said Thursday he was disappointed the General Assembly didn’t approve a pay raise for people earning the minimum wage, which became $10.10 an hour in January 2017. Malloy says lawmakers had focused on eventually increasing the wage to $15 an hour.
Malloy says “it will be a tremendous miss to not ra