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The new year will see dozens of states, cities and counties raising the minimum wage locally, helping millions of Americans offset an increasingly urgent affordability crisis. On Jan. 1, 2026, the ...

The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.

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.

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The minimum wage for workers in Seattle and Washington state is going up. The state minimum wage will rise 2.8%, from $16.66 per hour to $17.13, on Jan. 1, the Washington State Department of Labor and ...

Read full article: ‘It’s not easy:’ Here’s what could be coming for Florida’s economy TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On Tuesday, Florida’s minimum wage was hiked even further after state voters approved the ...

In housing-starved Greater Boston, one of the biggest obstacles to solving the housing crisis is finding the right land to build on. Now, a growing number of cities and towns in the region are ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase by one dollar on September 30, 2025. The increase is part of a constitutional amendment passed in 2020 to raise the wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Business groups ...

AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of Labor announced today that effective January 1, 2026, the state minimum wage will increase from $14.65 to $15.10 per hour, based on data recently made available by ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's plan for a $30 an hour minimum wage could make it harder for Americans to access entry-level jobs by speeding up automation. Mamdani, the 33-year-old ...

The administration has already cut minimum wage protections for hundreds of thousands of federal contract workers and halted plans to require companies to pay disabled workers at least $7.25 per hour; ...