Sports betting proposals have languished for years in the state Legislature amid debates over morality and spending.

Business groups also are breathing easier after Democrats ended their rare, once-in-40-years trifecta without enacting ...

With Inauguration Day quickly approaching, the United States is about to enter President Trump’s second term, “Trump 2.0.” ...

An analysis led by New York University researchers determines which public policies effectively prevent suicide deaths in the United States. But it’s not just policies that limit firearms and expand ...

New York University researchers have explored how a variety of public policies — not just those explicitly targeting mental ...

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

NerdWallet’s annual report shows that household credit card debt growth has slowed, and the gap between wages and cost of ...

Arizona farm owners hire workers under the H-2A program to plant, weed, thin, harvest and pack crops, filling jobs that would ...

As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.

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

Rhode Island's minimum wage hit $15 an hour on Jan. 1, the rate set by legislation in 2021. That legislation brought gradual ...

Minimum wage laws have been in effect in the United States since 1938 ... economists—including famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett—minimum wages can actually raise unemployment by giving ...