COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around 150,000 of the 5.5 million workers in Ohio are getting a 30-cent pay increase as the minimum wage rose to $11 an hour starting Jan. 1. Tipped employees ...

Many U.S. workers are ringing in the new year with a raise as new minimum wage increases take effect in states and localities across the country on Thursday. More than 8.3 million workers are expected ...

Nearly two dozen states and Washington, D.C., are increasing the minimum wage for workers. The wage hikes come as a majority of Americans say it’s getting harder to keep up with rising prices.

The new year will be here in a matter of hours, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026? Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the state’s minimum wage had increased ...

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It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

The minimum wage is increasing in 22 states in Washington DC. Let's talk about what that means for workers. These changes go into effect in 2026, most of them on January 1st, and for people who are ...

Good news for minimum wage workers in Connecticut: in 2026, their paychecks will go up. Under Connecticut law, the state’s minimum wage must be adjusted annually. In September, the Gov. Ned Lamont ...

“The list is how a child speaks up. It’s their voice. It’s their hope in written form,” Madeline Lillis tells PEOPLE Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE ...

In 2026, the minimum wage was set to increase in 22 states and Washington, D.C. The increases range from $0.28 in Minnesota to $2.00 in Hawaii. 19 increases were set to take effect on January 1, 2026; ...