Washington tops the nation’s highest minimum wages this summer, with rates over $21 per hour in some cities, surpassing all ...

The wage increases are expected to affect more than 880,000 workers this summer as minimum wage laws take effect in areas including Alaska, Oregon, Washington, D.C. and certain cities in California ...

DC Council votes to fund ranked-choice voting initiative; debates tipped wage compromise and postpones stadium funding.

New pay floors took effect July 1 in states like Alaska and Oregon and cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Supporters of a voter-passed initiative that raised the minimum wage for restaurant workers who receive tips scored a victory ...

One can sympathize with D.C. residents who, in 2022, overwhelmingly voted to eliminate the tipped minimum wage in the city. Proponents sold the measure — known as Initiative 82, which passed with ...

Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

The bill, introduced by Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri last week, seeks to double the current federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. In response to a reporter's question on the plan, Trump ...

Washington is facing a housing emergency. On that point, leaders from across the political spectrum can agree.

The D.C. council is blocking proposed changes for tipped workers’ minimum wage, in the latest back-and-forth battle over how ...