Mississippi should set minimum wage higher than federal level, says Democrat running for governor
- Brandon Presley, a Democrat running for Mississippi governor, believes that the state should set a minimum wage higher than the federal standard of $7.25 an hour. He did not propose a specific number for the new wage, but he expressed that people cannot earn a living on $7.25 an hour.
- Presley also aims to expand Medicaid in Mississippi to provide healthcare to over 200,000 low-wage workers without private insurance. He argues that the state has missed out on $1 billion a year in federal money by not expanding Medicaid.
- Conversely, Governor Tate Reeves, a Republican, has been reluctant to regulate private businesses and has opposed Medicaid expansion, referring to it as "welfare." Reeves believes that Mississippi has attracted new industries under his leadership and does not want to change the state's conservative culture.
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