Millions of American workers are starting 2026 with higher pay as new state and local minimum wage increases take effect, ...

Millions of working people got a raise on Jan. 1 as the minimum wage went up in 19 states and nearly two dozen cities. Some workers’ wages increased by a few cents an hour — the result of automatic ...

While the minimum wage has increased with the start of the new year, so have other things, such as tolls. It puts making more ...