The city council in New York City is weighing a proposal to boost the minimum wage to up to $30 — a move that newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani signaled that he would sign on the campaign trail — ...

One Fair Wage activists protect in D.C. in 2021. The same group is agitating to raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) It looks increasingly likely that D.C. will hold a ...

A proposal to raise the minimum wage in New York City to $30 an hour is drawing cheers from working-class New Yorkers struggling to afford the city and sending chills through a business community ...

The min is hitting the max. Lefty New York City Council members proposed a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage bill Tuesday – a measure that could nearly double the Big Apple’s current baseline ...

A surface lot at 8th and Central streets sat more than half-empty mid-morning on a recent Thursday. David Hudnall [email protected] Kansas City could take its biggest and boldest shift yet away from ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Monday said she intends to sign legislation to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2028. The governor’s office announced on Monday, ...

Pennsylvania’s minimum wage—unchanged for 16 years—could finally be set for a dramatic increase under Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s newly unveiled 2026–27 budget proposal. In his budget address ...

Illinois, along with 17 other states, is opposing the proposed ending of nursing home minimum staffing standards by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS recently proposed ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A bill that would lower the minimum wage for minors was pitched by its sponsor Wednesday as a way to help small businesses and young workers. Senate Bill 1325 would create a separate ...

A sweeping criminal justice proposal moving through Virginia’s Democratic-led legislature is sparking sharp debate over whether the state should loosen long-standing sentencing requirements for ...