The new year is bringing minimum wage increases in 21 states. That means more than 9 million Americans, including ...

Many states automatically raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1 like Arizona, Virginia, Connecticut and Minnesota. In others, ...

It is a new year, which means new employment laws for employers in the Pacific Northwest. The following is a brief overview ...

Fourteen innocent people were killed and dozens more were injured when a man driving a truck intentionally rammed into a crowd of people on New Year's Day.

Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However, states ...

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists.

Without the H-2A visa program, many growers say they couldn't field work crews. If the system ends, 'we'd lose the harvest.' ...

Washington had the highest state minimum wage at $16.66 an hour as of Jan. 1, the group noted. Further state increases later in 2025 are expected in: Oregon and the District of Columbia, which will ...

Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country that ...