Sen. Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, said today that he’s declined to schedule either a full hearing on minimum wage legislation proposed by Sen. Maryanne Jordan, D-Boise, and Rep. Mat Erpelding, D-Boise, or an introductory hearing, which would allow the bill to be printed and get a bill number. “I had a print hearing last year, just as a courtesy to Mat,” McKenzie, who chairs the Senate State Affairs Committee, said today, “with the understanding we weren’t going to hear it”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: I wonder how many of our legislators are forced to live on a minimum wage of $7.25?