A new book reframes the affordability debate: the problem isn’t just prices alone, but persistently low wages.

Oklahomans will go to the polls June 16, 2026, to decide the fate of State Question 832 that would gradually raise the ...

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When the Minneapolis City Council approved a controversial $15 minimum wage in 2017, no one knew what would happen next.

New Yorkers will see minimum wage hikes on New Year’s Day, with the rate rising to $17 per hour in the Big Apple, Westchester and Long Island while reaching $16 in the rest of the state. The ...

I just read a letter to the editor, “Hurt by minimum-wage laws” (July 13). This letter struck me as a perfect example of a person stating an objection to something, the minimum wage, and trying to ...

This July marks 15 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Given the federal wage floor is not indexed to inflation, nor any other measure such as productivity growth, it’s been stuck ...