Minnesota’s minimum-wage rates were adjusted for inflation on Jan. 1, 2023, to $10.59 an hour for large employers and $8.63 an hour for other state minimum wages. • Large employers – with annual gr...

Seattle Public Schools is suing social media companies including TikTok and Meta, saying the tech giants' "misconduct has been a substantial factor in causing a youth mental health crisis." Drivin...

In Josie McCarthy’s 17 years as a program manager at The Dining Room, she says she has never needed to call police to break up violence or disputes. The dine-in restaurant serves 1,000 meals per w...

ALAMOSA — For decades, a mushroom farm in the San Luis Valley was celebrated as a major employer that gave an economic future to Guatemalans who fled civil war in the 1980s. Its manager, Baljit Na...

As we kick off the New Year, it is time to take a look around New York and figure out where you don't want to be in 2023. The website ranks each city in several different categories. They range f...

Task force member says review could bring new recommendations, have wider scope The federal government is striking a task force to review whistleblower protections for federal civil servants, but a...

A Seattle school district is suing to combat social media's negative impact on youth. The district says apps like TikTok and Instagram have "exploited the vulnerable brains of youth." The move co...

A Seattle school district is suing to combat social media's negative impact on youth. The district says apps like TikTok and Instagram have "exploited the vulnerable brains of youth." The move co...

A former Rikers Island guard says that she was unfairly tarred with accusations of having an affair with an inmate and then retaliated against when she alerted jail investigators about a prisoner w...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - With the start of the new year, the minimum wage across Virginia increased from $11/hour to $12/hour. The raise is tied into a 2020 law passed under Former Governor R...