Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. said Tuesday that he signed Omaha’s minimum wage ordinance, even though the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office won a temporary injunction last week to stop a similar ordinance from taking effect in Lincoln.
Like Lincoln’s ordinance, the Omaha one seeks to keep the minimum wage for all workers, including those under the age of 16, at $15 an hour. That’s what voters originally approved in 2022, but the Nebraska Legislature earlier this year approved a lower wage of $13.50 an hour for 14- and 15-year-olds as well as a 90-day training wage of $13.50 for anyone under 19.
The Omaha City Council, on a 4-3 vote, approved the ordinance last week…