Pennsylvania hasn't increased its minimum wage in 15 years. It stands at $7.25 an hour, which is lower than neighboring states. Democrats on Friday issued a new call to raise the minimum wage."A minimum wage increase is desperately needed by the people of Pennsylvania," Gov. Tom Wolf said.Wolf and Democrats are backing a bill that hikes the minimum wage to $12 an hour and has a pathway to move that rate to $15 an hour."The current minimum wage in our commonwealth is bad for workers. It's bad for business. It's bad for our economy," Wolf said.The Republican chairwoman for the Senate Labor & Industry Committee said there aren't any current plans to advance the bill. She's concerned $12 an hour is too high of a hike for some businesses to absorb.Sue Pera owns Cornerstone Coffeehouse in Camp Hill and said a drastic hike in the minimum wage could hurt businesses, though she thinks a gradual hike to $15 might be acceptable. She already pays her workers more than the minimum wage."If you're not taking care of your staff, you won't have a staff," she said.Gene Barr, with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, said many corporate businesses are offering well above the minimum wage. He said an across-the-board minimum wage hike could hurt smaller businesses."Ten bucks an hour in the city of Philadelphia vs. Lancaster vs. Tioga County brings you a very different cost of living, and that has to be reflected there," he said.Pennsylvania's Department of Labor & Industry said fewer than 75,000 people made the minimum wage or less than that in 2020. Democrats said many people being paid more than the minimum wage just aren't making enough to get by in today's economy.