Overall, the 19 states set to raise their minimum wage on Thursday include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, ...

By this time next year, more states will have a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour than those where workers receive the ...

No, Mississippi is not among the 19 states raising the minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour for covered nonexempt workers.

Michigan’s minimum wage will increase by 10% starting Jan. 1. The jump from the current minimum wage of $12.48 an hour to $13 ...

By Max Lord One of the trivial yet inescapable facets of the human condition seems to be the desire to reach for a dichotomy as a means of simplifying an overwhelmingly complex issue. Statements like ...

Across the United States, several major cities are stepping ahead of federal policy by increasing their local minimum wage in 2026. These urban areas—where housing, transportation and daily living ...

Virginia’s minimum wage will increase by 41 cents on January 1, 2026, rising to $12.77 an hour under a law tied to inflation.

Things were flush in New Jersey. The Reagan presidency had ended, with national unemployment dropping from a high of almost 11 percent in the President’s first term to just about 5 percent as he left ...

In 2026, Connecticut's minimum hourly wage of $16.94 will be the second-highest statewide minimum rate in the U.S.

The last time the federal minimum wage increased, Barack Obama had just taken office, the iPhone 3GS was the hot new gadget and you could still rent DVDs at Blockbuster. Since July 2009, the number ...