D.C. mayor calls for raising minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020

The Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Tuesday called for increasing the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020, dedicating her second citywide address to what she called a “bold” plan to make good on her motto to create “pathways to the middle class” for residents.

In her State of the District address, Bowser (D) said the city would assume all operations at the D.C. jail next year, allowing the District to bring back inmates from federal prisons more quickly and provide more support to inmates when they are released.

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