http://wgna.com Today's Country Radio Station for Albany NY Sun, 19 May 2013 15:48:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wgna.com/governor-wants-to-give-minimum-wage-a-boost/ http://wgna.com/governor-wants-to-give-minimum-wage-a-boost/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:02:58 +0000 Jake Thomas http://wgna.com/?p=177216 In New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of The State Address he touched on a lot of items in the State. One of those was New York's minimum wage.

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