KWWL.com - News & Weather for Waterloo, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City, Iowa | Iowa Senate panel moves forward on minimum wage increase

An Iowa Senate subcommittee approved a measure raising Iowa's minimum wage, but many believe the proposal has no chance of becoming law.

The proposal would push for the increase from the current $7.25 to $10 an hour. This wage would earn a full time worker about $20,000 a year. 

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen said he wouldn't allow debate on the proposal in the House. He says the measure would hurt employers, and he wants to help them create jobs.