{"id":317789,"date":"2026-10-30T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317789\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T18:34:07","slug":"shapiro-favors-minimum-wage-hike-if-democrats-win-back-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/317789\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapiro\u00a0favors minimum wage hike if Democrats win back Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/?srsltid=AYCX9vIEN811uylHciljvgPhSDZR7kYAJ48XMuqIAoj1wvfkMOC35VE8\">Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) this week suggested he\u2019ll stay away from pushing progressive priorities in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/?srsltid=AYCX9vKV-EcSOqqE1EUHAJ2YgqkcFZFr9OGSgS1Q41nsiwQx71_6MXRg\">Pennsylvania<\/a> if Democrats hit a trifecta in the battleground state\u2019s upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats currently control the governor\u2019s seat and the state legislature\u2019s lower chamber. Should his party secure power over the state Senate as well on Tuesday, Shapiro <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/10\/30\/2026\/shapiro-eyes-minimum-wage-hike-if-democrats-sweep-pennsylvania\">told<\/a> Semafor he wouldn\u2019t focus on advancing a stream of progressive bills, as Democrats in some swing states have done after winning the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>     section { display: none; }]]><\/p>\n<p>    Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"we-deck\">\n     Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner&#8217;s reporting, expert analysis,<br \/>\n     and coverage of the midterm elections.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"we-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/subscribe\/digital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n      Get Unlimited Access<br \/>\n      \u203a<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"we-cancel\">Cancel anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) this week suggested he\u2019ll stay away from pushing progressive priorities in Pennsylvania if Democrats&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25041,6375,61,33,37933,83,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-317789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-2026-elections","tag-democratic-party","tag-economy","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-minimum-wage","tag-money","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}