From Inside Tucson Business:
The three-tiered federal minimum wage-hike Congress approved two years ago required that as of July 24 employers must pay most hourly workers at least $7.25 per hour, a 70-cent per hour increase. Three years ago, the federal minimum wage was $5.85 per hour.  
 
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-AzBiz.com on August 24, 2009