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 ...

The professor at the University of California, Berkeley, considers Trump's policies to be "simply the worst combination of stupidities" and denounces that many companies know it but are afraid to say ...

For the first time ever, more Americans will live in states with at least a $15 minimum wage than in those tied to the $7.25 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After hanging in the balance for two weeks after the election, an initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour was defeated by a narrow margin. Opponents said the rejection of ...

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 ...

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.

Ohio's minimum wage is set to get a bump oday. Many states and municipalities are also raising their minimums with some going into effect later in the year. Raising the minimum wage has traditionally ...

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 ...