Foolish to expect toothless and corrupt provincial employees’ social security organisations to force wealthy employers to implement the minimum wage.

There are five states — Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina — that do not have a minimum wage. In Georgia and Wyoming, the minimum wage is $5.15.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would take effect next year and include automatic increases to match inflation over time.

WASHINGTON - Ultraconservative Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill on June 10 with Democratic Vermont Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, making him one of ...

Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., are pushing legislation that would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour and provide for annual increases to account for inflation. The ...

Earlier this year, President Trump rescinded a Biden-era executive order that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $17.75 per hour. At his Senate confirmation hearing in January ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A bill to increase Rhode Island’s minimum wage is inching closer to becoming law. The House and Senate voted Thursday to approve bills in their respective chambers ...

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Last November, nearly 58% of voters in Missouri approved an increase in the state’s minimum wage, first to $13.75 as of Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $15 in 2026.

Hawley’s proposal to increase the federal minimum wage On Tuesday, Hawley introduced a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15, starting in January 2026.