A bill filed in the Alabama Senate would establish and set the state’s minimum wage to $10 while exempting small businesses.

A letter writer takes issue with the GOP Chairman of Santa Cruz’s lament that “Gavin Newsom and California Democrats have ...

Kansas’ living wage is $21.06 for one person living alone, according to MIT, while a poverty wage is just a quarter more than ...

For more than a decade, local and state laws have been increasingly focused on providing more protection and agency to ...

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

"We are paid subminimum wage," said Zakiya Brown, a server. "Tips depend on someone's mood, their bias and the economy." ...

Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Four of Iowa's neighbors raised their minimum wage at the start of 2026. See how Iowa's minimum wage compares.

A total of 19 states increased their minimums in 2026, each of them landing between $10 an hour and $18 an hour. Nationwide, ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a pledge to raise the city's minimum wage from $17 per hour to $30 by 2030.

In Washington state, the start of 2026 means a bevy of new laws and taxes. The changes, which took effect Jan. 1, affect ...

In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at some point in 2026, according to a recent report from the National ...