Kentucky's minimum wage will rise from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour on July 1, beating out the federal increase to the same rate by about three weeks. The minimum wage for tipped employees will remain at $2.13 an hour. Nationwide, the minimum wage established by federal law will rise to $7.25 an hour on July 24, but exceptions to the law allow for variances such as Kentucky's tipped-wage...