TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lawmakers are working to make changes to an amendment passed by voters in 2020, forcing a minimum wage increase of $1 per year through 2026. It all comes down to opportunity, ...

The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.

President Donald Trump advised a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators that they’ll have to “fight” to prevent minimum wage increases. Speaking Monday at the McDonald’s Impact Summit ...

Matthew Rhys in "The Beast in Me." (Credit: Chris Saunders/Netflix) “The Beast in Me” watches an unusual relationship unfold between recluse author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) and egotistical real ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Nov. 6, 2025, after the USDA revised the maximum allotments for SNAP benefits. (NEXSTAR) – The plan for November SNAP benefits has changed again. The 42 ...

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WIDESPREAD DISASTER. CALIFORNIA’S MINIMUM WAGE WILL GO UP TO $16.90 STARTING NEXT YEAR. IN A LETTER SENT TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TODAY, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOTIFIED ...

Character.AI received a cease-and-desist letter from Disney, urging the chatbot company to remove Disney characters from among the millions of AI companions on its platform, Variety reports. The ...

Disney‘s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI demanding the AI chatbot company remove numerous characters owned by the Mouse House — and accusing the startup of “blatantly infringing ...

David Brito is a postdoctoral researcher at the ABC CoLAB – Ageing Better and Algarve Biomedical Center Research Institute (ABC-RI) and, an invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine and ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $14 per hour for non-tipped workers on September 30, 2025. The increase is part of a voter-approved plan to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 by 2026.