Story highlights Governor said St. Louis ordinance to raise minimum wage would "kill jobs"New law overriding minimum wage will go into effect August 28(CNN) While many cities raised their minimum wage over the past weekend, St. Louis will soon see a 23% decrease. A new Missouri law will go into effect August 28 that will override the city's minimum wage and lower the hourly rate from $10 to $7.70, which is the state's standard. In 2015, St. Louis passed an ordinance that raised the minimum wage to $10 in May and would've bumped it to $11 in January 2018. The minimum wage issue pitted St. Louis, a blue city, against the red state legislature and governor. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, a Democrat, called its passage in May "a setback for working families."

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 10:18 UTC