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Recently introduced legislation in Congress could raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as early as next year – but is that enough?
The federal minimum wage would rise to $15 per hour, with annual cost-of-living increases based on inflation, in a proposed ...
Recently introduced legislation in Congress could raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour as early as next year – but is that enough?
The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour was set in July 2009, according to the Department of Labor, and has not changed since. But thanks to inflation – including a surge in prices ...
A staunch ally of President Trump has introduced a bill to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour starting in 2026.
A handful of states already have minimum wages at or above $15 an hour. Others have rates far below that benchmark.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced a bill Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) to raise the federal ...
Uncertainty clouds the current job market. On one hand, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment rates at 4.2% as ...