The New York Times reported last week that the unemployment rate for teens hit 13.4 percent in May, up a full percentage point from a year previous. The increase is in contrast to overall jobless ...

After kicking off a Minneapolis mayoral campaign, Omar Fateh spoke out against right-wing complaints regarding his legal ...

The union says Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is misusing police resources and attacked him for being anti-police.

The minimum wage in the District recently increased by 45 cents starting July 1, 2025, but for tipped workers, the rate stayed at $10.

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

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

WASHINGTON — The DC Council decided to move forwarded with two voter-approved initiatives during their first vote on the 2026 budget.

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

A deeply divided D.C. Council voted Monday against reinstituting the tipped minimum wage credit for service workers, dealing ...

The budget proposed by the D.C. Council Monday has been adjusted from the version Mayor Muriel Bowser put forward.

Most famously, a 2025 bipartisan plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and index it to inflation going forward.

Workers across the country will see their pay increase as new minimum wage laws take effect this month. The minimum wage rose ...