In his State of the Union address, President Obama pressed to raise the hourly rate in stages to $9 an hour in 2015, up from the current $7.25. Find out which states currently have the highest minimum wage.
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California's minimum wage increased by 50 cents to $8 an hour in 2008. A bill proposed in the Legislature would raise that to $8.50 and implement automatic increases every year.