Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban once delivered a frank message to business owners who resist paying higher wages: if ...

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WASHINGTON — What should the minimum wage be? Depending on where you live, it is a different answer. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a figure that has been the same since 2009. A number of ...

Maryland’s minimum wage is $15 an hour, but business owners on the Lower Shore are already watching a new round of proposals ...

One of the trivial yet inescapable facets of the human condition seems to be the desire to reach for a dichotomy as a means of simplifying an overwhelmingly complex issue. Statements like these are ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per ...

The minimum wage went up in 20 states Thursday, a day after the state of New York boosted its minimum, which means a majority of states now have a minimum wage higher than the federal government's, ...

Californians will see the minimum wage increase to $16.90 per hour starting Jan. 1. The adjustment — a boost of 40 cents per hour — was calculated in August by the Department of Finance as part of its ...

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