COLUMBUS, Ohio — Next week, the push to increase Ohio’s minimum wage could move one step closer to getting on a ballot in 2024.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose said Ohio's Ballot Board will meet next week to decide if the citizen-led initiative focuses on just one issue.

The decision ultimately comes days after Attorney General Dave Yost approved the language being used.

What You Need To Know

• The proposed citizen-led amendment could raise the minimum wage


• The goal for advocates is to get the minimum wage to $15 an hour


• Policy Matters Ohio said people of color and women would benefit

Michael Shields is a researcher with Policy Matters Ohio, a group that’s in favor of raising Ohio’s minimum wage.

"We saw that there were about one and a half million Ohioans who would benefit from that raise, that the typical worker, depending on whether we also eliminated the subminimum wage for tipped workers," Shields said. "If we did that, the typical worker would see an increase of about $3,900. And that's also something that this initiative would do."

The proposal that’s pushing to get in front of voters would increase the state’s minimum wage to $12.75 an hour in 2025, and then to $15 an hour in 2028.

Shields said this could potentially boost the economy. However, Chris Ferruso, the Legislative Director of the Ohio National Federation of Independent Business, said he disagrees.

"Any time you increase your most expensive business input, it forces you to make difficult decisions,"...

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