Across the country, progressive politicians continue to push for an ever-higher minimum wage. Whether it's New York City's ...

Housing costs too much. Healthcare costs too much. Childcare costs too much. But for most workers, the most immediate problem is simpler: their paychecks are too low.

Re “Working poor deserve a raise,” April 9: While many people can empathize with the letter writer and many others in her shoes, it is just not practical to raise the minimum wage by $3 an hour. The ...

Other proposals would also raise the minimum wage, but the legislation from Sen. Chris Murphy (D) aims the highest. He says it could energize voters.

More than 40,000 Oklahomans work in school support staff positions, earning an average base pay of $21,226 per year, according to an Oklahoma Voice analysis of state records. The average grows to ...

A potential November ballot measure would increase the minimum wage in Alameda County to $30, making it the highest in the ...