HOLLIDAYSBURG — Blair County Commissioner Laura Burke said Tuesday that she will no longer reference the county’s employee health care plan when confronted by comments on low employee wages. While the county has a minimum wage of $10 per hour and pays $10.25 per hour to a large number of employees, Burke said it’s time to break the habit of saying employee’s low wages are offset by the county’s health insurance. “It can both be true, that we provide great health benefits and we do not pay our employees enough,” she said. Burke’s comments were offered during ...