Minimum wage

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, with advocates at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on raising the minimum wage, on May 4, 2023. (Ariana Figueroa/States Newsroom)

Bernie Sanders unveils push for $17-an-hour federal minimum wage, citing state increases
BY: - May 4, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, pointing to an increase in the cost of living. Outside the U.S. Capitol, Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the panel […]

Laura Pierre joins with others to protest in support of a $15 an hour minimum wage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2015. The state's minimum wage will increase to $12 an hour in September 2023, and then increase by $1 per year until reaching $15 an hour in 2026. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Child poverty rates highest in states that haven’t raised minimum wage
BY: - December 23, 2022

Of the 20 states that have failed to raise the minimum wage above the federal $7.25 an hour standard, 16 have more than 12% of their children living in poverty, according to a States Newsroom analysis of wage and poverty data. Anti-poverty advocates say that’s a sign that there’s an urgent need for lawmakers to […]

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