KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — A report released in July revealed that, in the 16 years since Kentucky's minimum wage increased, it has been driven below the poverty line for a full-time worker.

Currently, Kentucky's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, which, according to the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KyPolicy) report, is equivalent to a 75-year low in terms of purchasing power.

The report claimed that government inaction regarding the minimum wage increase has "left tens of thousands of people across the commonwealth earning poverty wages," while the costs of housing, food, and other essentials have skyrocketed.

KyPolicy noted that the minimum wage was established in 1937 during the Great Depression to ensure "a fair day's pay for a fair day's work." The wage was created to provide a safet

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