Tag: New Year’s

West Virginia Minimum Wage to Hit $8 an Hour in New Year

Starting on New Year’s Day, the lowest-paid workers in West Virginia will get a raise.

The Mountain State’s minimum wage is set to increase by 75 cents to $8 per hour on Thursday. It’s the state’s first minimum wage boost since 2008.

The mark is set to increase again in January 2016 to $8.75.

In a May special session, the final version of the two-year wage increase passed the state House unanimously. Republican Senator Clark Barnes was the only dissenting vote in the Senate.

The legislation also revises maximum hour and overtime compensation standards.

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that 88,000 West Virginians will get a raise because of Thursday’s minimum wage change.

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.

Ring in 2014 with Yo-Yo Ma and the New York Philharmonic

Watch The New York Philharmonic Gala with Yo-Yo Ma Tuesday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. on WV PBS

Live From Lincoln Center will ring in the new year with a special broadcast of the New York Philharmonic’s Opening Gala concert from Avery Fisher Hall featuring Music Director Alan Gilbert and special guest cello soloist Yo-Yo Ma.

The Opening Gala concert will feature dance-inspired orchestral works, including “Azul” by Osvaldo Golijov, a cello concert written for Ma; the world premiere of an arrangement of Astor Piazzolla’s “La serie del Ángel” by Octavio Brunetti, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic; and two classics by Maurice Ravel, “Alborada del gracioso” and “Boléro.”

The broadcast, hosted by Audra McDonald, will also feature interstitial interviews with Yo-Yo Ma and composer Osvaldo Golijov.

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