PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly's perennial debate over the minimum wage and its many permutations got its first major airing of the session on Wednesday, as House and Senate committees mostly heard ...

In response to economic pressures and stagnant federal wages, numerous U.S. states and cities plan to increase minimum wages ...

Starting January 2026, New York's minimum wage will rise to $17 per hour in NYC and surrounding counties, and $16 elsewhere.

Despite it being widely known by anyone who can think two steps ahead that price controls have negative consequences, politicians can’t help but continue to promote price controls as policy. With ...

The corks have been popped, the calendar pages turned and a day that promised fresh starts also brought with it some pay bumps for millions of Americans. Hourly minimum wages increased in 21 states on ...

Across the United States, about half of all states raised their minimum wages in 2024. Most of those increases went into effect on January 1, while minimum wage hikes also went into effect in Nevada, ...

The 2024 elections include a raft of ballot measures across every state. Voters will be asked to mark their preference on controversial topics such as abortion, school choice, the legalization of ...

IN THE BARRIO of Iztapalapa, on Mexico City’s eastern flank, the pavements stay busy even in the punishing afternoon sun. Street vendors hawk snacks from metal carts; waiters from corner taquerías ...

It is easy to see why politicians like raising the minimum wage. Short of cash yet keen to fight inequality, they have seized on a tool of redistribution that costs governments little and wins votes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. national minimum wage rise is now seen more likely in the wake of Democratic gains in Tuesday's midterm Congressional elections, but views are mixed on whether this will ...

The minimum wage won't increase anymore unless the General Assembly takes action The minimum wage hit its peak of $15 an hour this year Resistance to increasing the tipped minimum wage was fierce ...