LOCAL UPDATE - Granholm Signs Bill to Increase Minimum Wage

from WDIV Detroit TV 4

Workers earning the state's minimum wage will get a raise in October through legislation signed today by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

The minimum rate will climb from $5.15 an hour to $6.95 an hour, the first increase in about nine years. The legislation calls for the rate to rise to $7.15 an hour in July 2007 and to $7.40 an hour in July 2008.