A debate is raging in the Chicago City Council, with a majority of alders moving to freeze the increase in tipped minimum wage – an action Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will veto. In the Loop hears ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday pledged to veto an ordinance approved by the City Council to halt the phase-out of Chicago's subminimum wage for tipped workers, calling the proposal "shameful." "I ...

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ALBANY — The current minimum wage for New York workers outside of the five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester is $16 per hour, but due to a long-held federal rule, some workers with disabilities ...

As New Yorkers struggle with rising rents, grocery bills and health care costs, the question facing state leaders is simple: Are we going to address the root causes of the affordability crisis, or ...

Michigan’s minimum and sub-minimum wages will increase on Jan. 1. That’ll be good news for some workers, but some in the restaurant industry believe the move will hurt businesses already bearing the ...

When Donald Trump claimed that America’s affordability crisis is a “hoax,” he revealed how profoundly disconnected he is from the workers who make our cities run. New Yorkers don’t need a lecture ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The Board of Commissioners has raised the floor on executive pay in county government, establishing a minimum annual salary for department heads of $101,000. Commissioners voted ...

An attack by Ohio’s Republican lawmakers on child welfare had Today in Ohio podcast hosts wondering Wednesday whether the next step is sending them to work in coal mines. Legislators have passed a ...