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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding ...

Alaska’s minimum wage will rise from $11.91 to $13 on July 1, the first in a series of scheduled hikes under Ballot Measure 1, which voters approved in the 2024 general election. The measure puts the ...

A bill proposing changes to Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has passed the State House today. House Bill 1549, sponsored by Rep. Jason Dawkins (D-179), passed the Pennsylvania State House, 102-101. The ...

It calls for the minimum wage to go up to $15 an hour in larger counties, and up to $12 an hour in smaller counties.

Pennsylvania would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour in 20 of its counties, and to $12 in the rest under a bill the Democratic-controlled state House passed last week. It’s a new approach for the ...

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would move the needle on the state’s minimum wage after 15 years of fighting for increases. The bill, which takes an incremental approach to raising the ...

We’ve probably all grown tired of the legislative back and forth over the state’s minimum wage. A proposal that passed the state House of Representatives recently is better than some that have been ...

As their budget deadline at the end of the month looms, the Pennsylvania House considered several bills this week.