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The US minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. What that means for the economy
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe federal minimum wage is paid to a shrinking number of US workers – and a growing chorus of...
Why the optimal minimum wage in the US is at least $12 an hour
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThis story was supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. When...
These questions are up for debate in the Fort Collins minimum wage discussion
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Fort Collins City Council considers whether to establish a minimum wage that exceeds Colorado's...
Minimum wage rises in more than half of U.S. states
Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWith the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (unchanged for 13 years and counting), states across the country continue to take matters into their own...
Some Idaho workers might benefit from a minimum wage hike, but others will lose hours | Opinion
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoRaising the minimum wage is one of the many policy ideas peppered with tradeoffs, but one of the few...
California Senate Hopeful Barbara Lee Wants $50 Per Hour Minimum Wage
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; Rahul Lal/Sipa USA/Newscom Minimum wage advocates are often asked why, if...
A $15 minimum wage could lift 7.6 million Americans out of poverty
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance The Urban Institute published a new analysis on what would happen if the federal...
Bernie Sanders introduces his largest minimum wage proposal yet
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Senate committee will soon take up a bill that would more than double the minimum wage -- though...
Slicing the pieces of the Inflation Reduction Act pie | Jimmy Rodefer
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe freshly-baked 755-page Inflation Reduction Act, out of the legislative oven and the law of the...
California’s new $20 minimum wage could leave the state with higher unemployment for years to come,...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoThere are “obvious limits” to raising wages, says libertarian economist Scott Sumner: "Quite a few...