Omaha City Council considers ordinance to restore $15 minimum wage for younger workers
Source: NPM
By Jessica Wade , Senior reporter
June 10, 2026, noon
Omaha City Council members next week will hear from the public on a proposed ordinance that, if passed, would keep the minimum wage in the city at $15 an hour for all workers.
The ordinance was drafted at the request of Council President Danny Begley. He cited the ballot initiative passed in November 2022 that gradually raised the state minimum wage to $15 this year, with a mandated cost-of-living adjustment in following years.
“I am simply putting before us what the voters already passed years ago,” Begley told Nebraska Public Media.
The ballot initiative passed in 2022 was designed to gradually increase the minimum wage each year up to 2026: $10.50 in 2023, $12 in 2024, $13.50 in 2025 and $15 in 2026. It also contained a provision that after this year, increases would be pegged to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index.
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