LINCOLN- Organizers of a petition drive seeking to raise Nebraska's minimum wage to $15 per hour say they have gathered the signatures needed to put the issue on the November ballot.

Campaign manager Kate Wolfe said the petition will continue to circulate up until next week's deadline.

"We're not done collecting signatures," Wolfe said. "I think it's important for as many citizens who want to weigh in get a chance to sign the petition, so we're still going to be out there."

The campaign, which would gradually raise Nebraska's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026, kicked off its effort in November 2021.

If approved for the ballot and passed by voters, Nebraska's minimum wage would increase from $9 per hour to $10.50 per hour on Jan. 1 2023.

The minimum wage would then increase to $12 per hour in 2024, $13.50 per hour in 2025, and $15 per hour in 2026, "to be adjusted annually thereafter to account for increases in the cost of living."

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