COWS report calls for higher state minimum wage

A UW-Madison think tank is urging policymakers to raise the state’s minimum hourly wage, arguing low-income workers in Wisconsin are “falling behind.”  The progressive COWS High Road Strategy Center yesterday released a new report on how the state would be impacted by upping the minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 -- equal to the federal minimum -- to $15 or $20 per hour over the nex...