New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a minimum wage increase, likely killing Democratic efforts to raise the state wage floor this year.
Sununu (R) said he vetoed the bill (S.B. 10), which would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $10 by 2020 and $12 by 2022, because he believes the federal government should set the minimum wage.
“Advocates of SB 10 seem to think government can raise the price of labor without reducing the amount of workers that will be hired,” Sununu wrote in his Aug. 9 veto letter. “New Hampshire’s economy is booming, and I ...
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