Minimum wage hikes passed in a whole slew of California cities.
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Voters in Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota all voted to raise their minimum wages Tuesday. Voters in San Francisco and Oakland also opted for minimum wage hikes. Together, that means that hundreds of thousands of workers (at least) across America will be getting pay raises as these measures roll out.
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These changes are a big deal because, among other things, they now mean that several red states are going to have among the most progressive minimum wage policies in the U.S.
Right now, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. Scroll down to see what kinds of increases voters approved Tuesday.
