Jul 9 Economy Minimum Wage Hike Would Have Major Effect In Ohio Valley A new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost the wages of 17 million workers and lift about 1.3 million people out of poverty. But the CBO warns that could also result in more than one million lost jobs and could diminish overall income […] By Becca Schimmel Jul 9 Economy Minimum Wage Hike Would Have Major Effect In Ohio Valley Becca Schimmel