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Iowa should set a state minimum wage higher than $7.25 an hour.
Iowa's minimum wage matches the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour, and a 2017 state law bars counties from setting higher wages. A higher state minimum would apply to most employers across Iowa.
Rob Sand
The minimum wage in Iowa now is $7.25 an hour, 26 years after I had that job. Time for it to go up.
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