Santa Fe adopted a new law increasing the local minimum wage and tying it to inflation and housing costs. The wage will be updated annually. It’s the first jurisdiction in the country to explicitly ...

Senator Hubert Frederick during a Rules and Judiciary Committee meeting on legislation proposing a phased increase to the private-sector minimum wage in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Photo Credit: V.I.

As the rising cost of basic expenses continues to fuel an affordability crisis, millions of workers will see an increase in pay this month with new minimum wages taking effect. Nineteen states, as ...

The Golden State raised minimum wage to $16.90. California cost of living runs about 40% above national average. Some California cities pay higher rates than the new minimum wage. As the cost of ...

This year, for the first time, more workers will live in states with a minimum wage of at least $15 per hour than in states with the federal minimum of $7.25. By Audra D. S. Burch As the rising cost ...

FILE - Māla Ocean Tavern, open for business in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 4, 2025. The restaurant was the first business on Lahaina's Front Street to reopen in early 2024 after the August 2023 fire. With ...

Florida's minimum wage is currently $14 an hour, following a voter-approved amendment in 2020. The state's minimum wage will increase by $1 annually until it reaches $15 an hour in 2026. Florida's ...

In 2022, Seattle became one of the first cities in America to pass a minimum wage law for food delivery drivers. The law went into effect in 2024, and the results were nothing short of calamitous.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Edgewater on Tuesday became Colorado’s first city to take advantage of a new state law allowing it to increase its minimum wage without automatically pulling ...

Dec 15 (Reuters) - Canada's Imperial Oil (IMO.TO), opens new tab said on Monday it plans to increase capital spending and upstream production in 2026 as it doubles down on higher-return oil sands ...