Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage

Laura Pierre joins with others to protest in support of a $15 an hour minimum wage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2015. The state's minimum wage will increase to $12 an hour in September 2023, and then increase by $1 per year until reaching $15 an hour in 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour…