www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/03/3422419/west-virginia-minimum-wage/
"Tens of thousands of West Virginia workers will get a raise next year thanks to the minimum wage hike that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) signed into law Tuesday.
The state’s minimum wage will rise from the current federal rate of $7.25 an hour to $8 at the start of 2015 and then to $8.75 in 2016. West Virginia will be the 22nd state to have a higher minimum wage than what federal law requires. It is the third state to enact a pay hike this year, on the heels of increases in Delaware and Connecticut. Connecticut’s new minimum of $10.10 will be the highest in the nation."
