BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to raise
the state's minimum wage from $8 an hour to $11 an hour over three
years, giving a boost to nearly 600,000 workers and putting the state on
track for the highest such pay in the nation.

The Senate voted 32-7 to approve the increase.

Under the bill, amended during debate, the minimum wage would increase
to $9 an hour on July 1, $10 an hour on July 1, 2015, and $11 an hour
starting July 1, 2016. The minimum wage in Massachusetts last increased
to $8 an hour in January 2008.

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