Louisiana is one of five states in the U.S. that does not have a state minimum wage. BATON ROUGE--The House Labor Committee ...

An increase to the minimum wage has long been a priority for Democrats, but it's unclear if Republicans are any closer to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing competing approaches to address what both parties describe as a growing affordability crisis ...

In a panel discussion at Rose State College last year, I explained that increasing the minimum wage was akin to using a sledgehammer to perform open heart surgery — it just doesn’t make a lot of sense ...

Back in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act led to the first minimum wage of $0.25 per hour. Over time, the federal minimum wage has obviously increased, but it hasn't always kept pace with inflation.