Minimum Wage Hike Possible, with Concessions
MONEY Oscars prep SAVING Tips and tricks for COUPONS hosting your own INSIDE award show party s 80804793 Sunday, February 19, 2017 BREAKING NEWS AT TIMESLEADER.COM '365/=[+<</M /88=C6@+83+sǍL Minimum wage WEEKEND FOCUS: ‘HOMETOWNS’/THIRD IN A SERIES hike possible, Conyngham with concessions By Marc Levy The Associated Press HARRISBURG — Years of pressure by Pennsylvania Democrats could yield a state minimum wage increase this year, although it likely will require sub- stantial concessions in the Republican- controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is propos- Wolf ing hiking the hourly minimum from $7.25 to $12. That would be the nation’s highest. He is tying the proposal to his budget plan as a way to provide more tax revenue and help fix Pennsylva- nia’s deficit-riddled finances. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers have grudgingly left the door open to a minimum wage increase, the first in eight years, now that most of the nation has moved past Pennsylvania. But they aren’t necessarily See WAGE | 14A Sean McKeag | Times Leader Conyngham, population 1,881, is nestled in a valley just north of Hazleton. The borough seems reminiscent of the kind of small Health systems’ growth, town that Norman Rockwell used to paint. staffing shortages spur Quiet, familiar, historical — and don’t forget the food By Mary Therese Biebel area nursing recruitment 7,3/,/6Ľ>37/=6/+./<L-97 By Sarah Hite Hando =2+8.9Ľ>37/=6/+./<L-97 ONYNGHAM — Sensing a visitor was about to take her photo, kitchen volunteer Sue Oli- WILKES-BARRE — Two health care providers Cver slipped a fake pig snout over her nose and announced major recruitment efforts within a month grinned, proving she had a sense of humor as well of each other, intending to bring more than 300 nurs- as a huge supply of roast pork.
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