This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

Kansas’ living wage is $21.06 for one person living alone, according to MIT, while a poverty wage is just a quarter more than ...

This reality is especially alarming at a time when those federal programs are under attack by the Trump administration and ...

In 2026, nearly two dozen U.S. states will raise their minimum wage, benefiting millions of workers as living costs continue ...

Those measures include the closely watched Employment Cost Index, which tracks pay changes for the same set of jobs over time, making it a useful way to see how wages are rising relative to inflation, ...

For more than a decade, local and state laws have been increasingly focused on providing more protection and agency to ...