Oklahoma voters will decide on State Question 832, which would raise the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2029.

Republicans, for a long time, had the right idea on economics with their embrace of the free market. The phrase "Free markets, free people" has been often quoted as a description of the GOP's economic ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. In the early nineteen-nineties, when Arindrajit Dube was growing up in Seattle, where his parents were ...

Back in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act led to the first minimum wage of$0.25 per hour. Over time, the federal minimum wage has obviously increased,but it hasn't always kept pace with inflation. As ...

The minimum wage will go up in July 2026 for workers in two states and for some workers in another state. Minimum wage in the U.S. is different in each state because federal and state rules are not ...

A group of democratic lawmakers has introduced a new legislation that could significantly raise the federal minimum wage, proposing a gradual increase to $25 an hour by 2031 for employers with more ...

Hotel owners in Los Angeles told The Post the city's latest decision to bump the minimum wage to $30-an-hour for hotel ...

As Americans ring in the New Year, minimum wage workers in nearly 20 states are kicking off 2026 with a pay increase. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, minimum wage workers in 19 states will see a pay increase.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — New year, new pay for Michigan workers making state minimum wage. The wage is now set to rise by over a dollar - from $12.48 to $13.73 - on Jan. 1. But what caused the shift - ...