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AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Maine lawmakers are proposing a bill that would replace Maine's minimum wage with a livable wage scale. A ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A House bill filed this week looks to raise the state’s minimum wage to $10.00 per hour in 2026, and ...

Minnesota’s $1.80 per hour minimum wage would be raised to $2.30 by July 1976, under a bill approved by a House committee. To ...

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One interesting finding is that the wage gap is narrowest for a younger cohort of workers: those aged 25 to 34. Women in this ...

Gretchen Whitmer has signed a compromise that scales back paid sick leave and wages for tipped workers in an effort to appease businesses following a minimum wage hike Members of a Senate ...

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