Advocates are gearing up to put a proposal on the November ballot to increase the minimum wage in Ohio to $15, which has led state Republicans to introduce their own wage-hike bill to “fend off” the constitutional amendment.

But there are key differences between the bill from Sen. Bill Blessing (R-Colerain Twp.) and the constitutional amendment Ohioans might vote on this fall.

The final push to the June 30 budget deadline is on at the capitol and on Monday small businesses made the rounds with lawmakers, making their priorities clear. House leaders were talking about all of the things that are important to small businesses while at the Capitol,

Missouri voters on Wednesday got a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour, after a group behind the effort said it turned in nearly double the required number of signatures.

Minimum wage in Ohio could rise by a little more than $4 over the next few years. There are two proposals, through different avenues and on different timelines, to get that done. Right now, the state’s minimum wage is $10.

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GOP Senator Bill Blessing, who hails from Colerain Township in Ohio, has introduced a new bill that can make minimum wage workers very happy. The Republican Senator has put forward a bill to increase the minimum wage in the state to $15 per hour for non-tipped workers by the year 2028.