LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Supporters of a higher minimum wage have taken their message to Nebraska's airwaves in the final months before voters decide Nov. 4 whether to approve a gradual increase to $9 an hour.
An analysis released Thursday by the Center for Public Integrity says $79,000 has been spent on television ads in support of the proposal. The ads that were counted started airing the week of Sept. 28 and continued through Oct. 11.
All were produced by Nebraskans for Better Wages, the group that's campaigning for Initiative 425.
The proposal would gradually increase Nebraska's minimum wage from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour by 2016.
Opponents say they can't match the statewide message broadcast on television.
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