GARY (Network Indiana) — One Indiana lawmaker wants to raise Indiana’s minimum wage for the first time in more than a decade.
State Sen. Eddie Melton (D-Gary) wants to raise Indiana’s minimum wage for the first time in 12 years.
Melton has filed legislation that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2027.
Under Melton’s proposal, the minimum wage would be raised to $10 per hour in 2022 and then raised by one dollar every year after that until 2027, when the hourly rate would reach $15 per hour.
“It’s long past due for action,” Melton told The Times of Northwest Indiana. “I truly believe Indiana can and should do better.”
