Contractors for the City of Dallas will get a pay raise...to keep up with inflation. 

Dallas has a policy in place that companies that get contracts to provide services for the city...like landscaping or janitorial...have to pay their employees a living wage. Researchers with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculate that figure for major cities. The rate for the current fiscal year was $18.24 per hour, but it's going up for the fiscal year that starts October 1st to $22.05 per hour.

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