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The owner of a popular waffle shop in West Seattle said she had no choice but to shut down her business after the city’s new minimum wage law went into effect on New Year’s Day — hiking ...

The standard minimum wage in Michigan is rising to $10.56 an hour starting Jan. 1, the first of two scheduled increases to the base wage in the state slated this year. Starting Jan. 1, the hourly ...

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MIAMI — Minimum-wage workers in Florida will see a subtle increase in their paycheck in 2025 thanks to a state constitutional amendment approved by voters nearly five years ago. In 2020, voters ...

The new year brought a few new laws to the D.C. area. Although July 1 and Oct. 1 are generally the big dates for new laws going into effect, here are a few you'll want to know about, whether you ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Workers in Alaska can anticipate two pay raises in 2025, along with a new benefit that was not available in 2024, as a result of two ballot measures passed over the last ten ...

People working for minimum wage in the city of San Diego will see more money in their paychecks starting Wednesday, when the minimum wage rises from $16.85 to $17.25 an hour. The city's minimum ...

A Pittsburgh man was arrested after a three-hour standoff involving SWAT on Taylor Avenue in New Kensington, the Westmoreland County District Attorney announced on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Burnell Johnson, ...

SEATTLE – Seattle’s lowest-paid workers will be ringing in the new year with a raise. Minimum wage in the city will rise to $20.76 per hour beginning midnight on New Year’s Day, one of the ...