Minimum wage survives narrow vote in House

Members of the House of Representatives in session on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Photo by Colin Meyn/VTDiggerThe House advanced a bill Tuesday that would raise the minimum wage from the current $10.50 an hour to $15 an hour by 2024.In a narrow vote of 77-69, representatives gave preliminary approval to S.40, a proposal Democratic lawmakers have championed as a vehicle to boost income for tens of thousands of Vermonters and lift many low-wage workers out of poverty. Get all of VTDigger's political n