Some brighter news:
the 22 states that'll get minimum wage increases on Jan 1:

1 Alaska: $11.73
2 Arizona: $14.35
3 California: $16
4 Colorado: $14.42
5 Connecticut: $15.69
6 Delaware: $13.25
7 Hawaii: $14
8 Illinois: $14
9 Maine: $14.15
10Maryland: $15
11Michigan: $10.33
12Minnesota: $10.85
13Missouri: $12.30
14Montana: $10.30
15Nebraska: $12
16New Jersey: $15.13
17New York: $16
18Ohio: $10.45
19 Rhode Island: $14
20 South Dakota: $11.20
21Vermont: $13.67
22 Washington: $16.28
#Wages
-S Stone