It is easy to see why politicians like raising the minimum wage. Short of cash yet keen to fight inequality, they have seized on a tool of redistribution that costs governments little and wins votes.

According to emails reviewed by NBC News, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting minors to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein, said she was “happier” after being ...

Margaret Giles: Hi, I’m Margaret Giles from Morningstar. Many baby boomers will be coming into retirement with most of their assets in tax-deferred accounts, which require withdrawals called required ...

In 2023, California passed a law requiring a $20 per hour minimum wage for all fast-food restaurants with more than 60 locations nationwide. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom portrayed the union-supported ...

The minimum wage for workers in Seattle and Washington state is going up. The state minimum wage will rise 2.8%, from $16.66 per hour to $17.13, on Jan. 1, the Washington State Department of Labor and ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase by one dollar on September 30, 2025. The increase is part of a constitutional amendment passed in 2020 to raise the wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Business groups ...

A conveyor belt of atoms arranged in orderly rows could resolve a major stumbling block towards developing a large-scale quantum computer. Quantum-computing technology that makes qubits from atoms ...

Nvidia just got shut out of the Chinese market — this time by the Chinese government instead of the U.S. China’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, banned domestic tech ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's plan for a $30 an hour minimum wage could make it harder for Americans to access entry-level jobs by speeding up automation. Mamdani, the 33-year-old ...

Lee Min of the vocal duo As One has passed away. On August 6, a representative from BRANDNEW MUSIC confirmed her death and stated, “Last night, Lee Min’s husband discovered her when he returned home.” ...

Roughly 50,000 Rhode Islanders earn minimum wage, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s office. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $17 over the next two years. Rhode Island’s minimum wage will ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $14 for non-tipped employees and $10.98 for tipped employees on September 30, 2025. This increase is part of a voter-mandated plan to reach a $15 minimum wage ...