A STATEWIDE PUSH TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN NEBRASKA TO $15 DOLLARS AN HOUR BY 2026 WENT VIRTUAL TODAY WITH ONE LAWMAKER AND ONE STRUGGLING WORKER TAKING THE STAGE.

HANNAH ROBINSON, A WOMAN who once worked 60 HOURS A WEEK AT THE CURRENT STATE MINIMUM OF NINE DOLLARS AN HOUR, SAYS HER SITUATION LED TO BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS.

[sEE COMMENTS ABOVE FROM hANNAH ROBINSON AND sTATE sEN. TERRELL MCKINNEY]

NEBRASKA LAST RAISED THE MINIMUM WAGE IN 2020.

ACCORDING TO THOSE PUSHING FOR THAT $6 AN HOUR HIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MANY OF NEBRASKA'S PANDEMIC ESSENTIAL WORKERS STILL MAKE THAT $9 AN HOUR MINIMUM.

A PETITION DRIVE IS NOW UNDERWAY TO TAKE THE ISSUE TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.