(CNN) — House Democrats have included a minimum wage hike in their latest Covid relief bill, although a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian means it can't be included in the final package. Improving...

Once the Covid-19 relief bill heads to the Senate, the $15 minimum wage will face two big tests: one procedural, and one political. On the procedural front, Democrats need to convince the Senate parliamentarian...

Hopes that the US will finally increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly 12 years face a seemingly unlikely opponent: a Democrat senator from one of the poorest states in the union....

(CNN) — With Congress already battling over hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Joe Biden likely raised a few eyebrows when he recently said that the federal minimum wage would actually $20...

Inside the coronavirus relief bill making its way through House committees this week is a provision that would raise the federal minimum wage from …

A $15 minimum wage could become a reality in the U.S. While millions would get a pay boost from a higher national wage floor, it would still fall …

Notably, some Republicans have backed a wage bump, but with extra strings that would divide Democrats. Democrats are scrambling to piece together a backup plan that could save their minimum wage hike getting...

Over the past several weeks, the Biden administration has laid out the first pieces of its new agenda for the American people, including the promise of a $15 federal minimum wage. This is one of many taken...

First, the premise that increasing wages inherently leads to job cuts is an outdated myth. A survey released in 2019 that analyzed 139 state minimum wage increases over the last four decades found no on...

The last time the federal minimum wage was increased, “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas was the No. 1 song on the radio, and I was a recent …