FRANKFORT, Ky. (WAVE) – A state representative from Louisville hopes the 2026 legislative session will be the one he can get a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage over the finish line.
It’s a bill that State Representative Daniel Grossberg said hasn’t been successful when he’s introduced it in previous years, but with the cost of living only getting higher, he thinks it’s worth introducing again.
Right now, Kentucky’s minimum wage is the same as the federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour. It hasn’t been raised since 2009…