STATE HOUSE — After Boston Mayor Marty Walsh proposed studying a $15-per-hour minimum wage for the state's largest city, House Speaker Robert DeLeo has expressed reluctance to see such a policy become law.
Facing pressure from a ballot campaign, lawmakers in 2014 hiked the hourly minimum wage throughout the state. They approved staggered increases from $8 to $11, which will fully kick in on Jan. 1, 2017.
