The US states that will raise their minimum wages starting January 1, 2025 are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, South Dakota, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

Prop 32, which would have brought the state’s minimum wage up to $18 per hour, was the first minimum-wage measure to lose at the ballot in almost three decades.

After two weeks of postelection uncertainty, Proposition 32, the initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, was defeated by a narrow margin. The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a state like California,

California voters have rejected Proposition 32, a ballot measure that sought to raise the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, which would have been the highest in the nation. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce,

California voters reject ballot measure that would have raised state's minimum wage to a national high of $18 per hour

Californians voted against Proposition 32, rejecting an increase to the state minimum wage. Proposition 32, also known as the Living Wage Act, would have required employers with 26 or more employees to raise wages to $17 immediately and then to $18 on Jan.