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Here’s What the US Minimum Wage Was the Year You Were Born
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoAlthough minimum wage is higher now than it was years ago, it isn't keeping up with the cost of...
Philadelphia’s minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009 – here’s why efforts to raise...
Houston Chronicle· 7 days agoIf Philadelphia’s $7.25-per-hour minimum wage were to keep up with inflation alone, it would need to be raised to at least $10.38 today, according to the ...
Celebrating 75: Texas AG Ken Paxton marks lawsuit milestone
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a curious milestone this week, sharing that his office...
Bipartisan group in U.S. House urges relief for farmers, temporary freeze on rising wages
Detroit News· 2 days agoHouse members, led by Michigan Republican Bill Huizenga, is pushing for a freeze on minimum wages...
City council puts up $8.7M for REAL, Economic Development Regina to pay back wage subsidy
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoRegina city council will bail out two municipal corporations by providing them with millions of...
What Causes Inflation?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 21 hours agoInflation has been one of the bugaboos of the post-pandemic era, increasing from 2.3% in December 2019, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, to 9.8%...
Bates College plans biggest price hike since 2009
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo Finance· 5 hours agoMay 23—LEWISTON — Bates College is hiking the single fee it charges students for tuition, housing and meals more than it has in 16 years. The college is charging students $85,370 apiece for ...
L.A. has always been a restaurant town. Now restaurants are in trouble
Los Angeles Times· 19 hours agoLos Angeles’ restaurant scene changed dramatically in 2023. Restaurateurs managed inflation of...
As job growth in California falls back, unemployment rate remains highest in the country
LA Times via AOL· 7 days agoThat's 75% of all new jobs added since April 2023. Hospitals and doctors' offices have been bulking...
Ex-workers still waiting on hotel’s $400,000 payout for largest wage theft in Oakland’s history
San Jose Mercury News· 3 days agoWorkers at the Radisson Hotel near the city’s airport were owed $20 an hour instead of the $15 rate...
