Newsom celebrates boosting California’s minimum wage to highest rate in the country

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Friday celebrated the coming increase to the state’s minimum wage, which will give California the highest statewide rate in the country, contrasting the move with the federal minimum wage that has remained unchanged for more than 15 years. California’s minimum wage will rise from $16.90 to $17.40 an hour on…