(NEXSTAR) — Despite attempts in Congress this year, the federal minimum wage will remain unchanged in 2025. In nearly two dozen states, however, that rate is set to climb in 2026. Since 2009, the ...

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 ...

A number of states are increasing their standard minimum wage in 2026, with some seeing increases as high as $2 starting from January 1. The federal baseline is still $7.25 per hour under the Fair ...

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.

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 ...

When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, my elementary school sent us home. I was in the third grade. My mom was crying. She came from a Republican family. But JFK was America ...

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; ...

Lee Min of the vocal duo As One has passed away. On August 6, a representative from BRANDNEW MUSIC confirmed her death and stated, “Last night, Lee Min’s husband discovered her when he returned home.” ...

Roughly 50,000 Rhode Islanders earn minimum wage, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s office. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $17 over the next two years. Rhode Island’s minimum wage will ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $14 for non-tipped employees and $10.98 for tipped employees on September 30, 2025. This increase is part of a voter-mandated plan to reach a $15 minimum wage ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...