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 ...

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...

In 2026, nearly two dozen states in the United States will implement increases in their minimum wage, a move set to benefit millions of workers. This adjustment comes at a crucial time when, despite a ...

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 ...

A recent social media post from a news organization in Spokane celebrated Washington’s new $17.13 minimum wage as “good news for families,” boasting it’s the highest state rate in the country. But ...

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 ...