A 1994 paper blew up the consensus that minimum-wage increases kill jobs. Economists have been at each other’s throats ever ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban once delivered a frank message to business owners who resist paying higher wages: if ...

WASHINGTON — What should the minimum wage be? Depending on where you live, it is a different answer. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a figure that has been the same since 2009. A number of ...

One of the trivial yet inescapable facets of the human condition seems to be the desire to reach for a dichotomy as a means of simplifying an overwhelmingly complex issue. Statements like these are ...

WASHINGTON, DC – January 22, 2007 – As the Senate takes up legislation to raise the minimum wage, business owners, executives and venture capitalists across the nation are telling Congress that a ...

The minimum wage went up in 20 states Thursday, a day after the state of New York boosted its minimum, which means a majority of states now have a minimum wage higher than the federal government's, ...

Maryland’s minimum wage is $15 an hour, but business owners on the Lower Shore are already watching a new round of proposals ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development is considering several bills that could raise minimum wages. One bill under consideration is called “An Act relative to raising ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per ...

Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour starting Jan. 1. The adjustment — a boost of 40 cents per hour — was calculated in August by the Department of Finance as part of its ...