Lawmakers make do with minimum wage, for a week

House Majority Leader Jill Krowinski, right, says an increase in the minimum wage is vital for Vermont’s working families. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Rep. Susan Buckholz (D-Windsor) remembers going to the grocery store with her mother, and how her mother would cry from the stress of trying to figure out how she was going to afford to pay for Buchholz and her seven siblings to eat.Buckholz said the memory has shaped her and the way she looks at wages. Get all of VTDigger's politi