Scenes from the minimum wage bill signing

Scenes from the minimum wage bill signing Monday in the MN Capitol Rotunda.

April 14, 2014 at 9:27PM
Surrounded by lawmakers and advocates for the bill, Governor Mark Dayton signed the minimum wage bill into law at a public bill signing ceremony Monday the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.  The bill, which was passed by the Legislature last week, will increase Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour, and index it to inflation.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Monday, April 14, 2014
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Governor Mark Dayton signed the minimum wage bill into law at a public bill signing ceremony Monday the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.  The bill, which was passed by the Legislature last week, will increase Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour, and index it to inflation.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Monday, April 14, 2014
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The Rotunda crowd cheered after Governor Mark Dayton signed the minimum wage bill into law at a public bill signing ceremony Monday the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.  The bill, which was passed by the Legislature last week, will increase Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour, and index it to inflation.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Monday, April 14, 2014
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Clutching his bill signing pen, C.J. Flowers sat on his grandfather Al Flowers' shoulders during the ceremony.   Governor Mark Dayton signed the minimum wage bill into law at a public bill signing ceremony Monday the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.  The bill, which was passed by the Legislature last week, will increase Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour, and index it to inflation.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Monday, April 14, 2014
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Jacquita Berens got a hug from her daughter Ashia Rhodes after speaking at the bill signing.  She was there with her three children Jada and  Mario.   Jacquita Berens works three jobs and will benefit from the minimum wage increase.   Governor Dayton signed the minimum wage bill into law at a public bill signing ceremony Monday the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda.  The bill, which was passed by the Legislature last week, will increase Minnesota's minimum wage to $9.50 per hour, and index it to inflation.       ]   GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com   Monday, April 14, 2014
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Glen Stubbe

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Photojournalist Glen Stubbe has been chief political photographer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2011 and was business photographer and photo editor before that. He was named Visual MN Photographer of the Year twice in a row, first in 2015, and then combined 2016-2017.

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