New laws affecting education, transportation and the state’s economy will take effect next year. Some are already in place, while the fate of others will be decided in the courts. EDUCATION Two ne...

Grocery taxes go down in Virginia. The minimum wage for tipped workers goes up in D.C. And low-income Marylanders will get access to free dental care. Those are some of the changes that New Year’s...

A Lakeville man has been charged with wage theft for stealing over $35,000 from his employees, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday. Frederick Leon Newell, 57, was charged with Wa...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thousands of New Mexicans can expect a small pay raise in the new year, but even higher wages could be coming in 2024. “I really feel that our minimum wage should allow a person...

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON - Massachusetts lawmakers will see their pay jump in the new year, as will statewide officeholders including the incoming governor. Minimum wage workers wil...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and improving working conditions for fast food wo...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state of California from implementing a landmark new law aimed at raising wages and improving working conditions for fast food wo...

Job seekers in California will finally know how much a job pays when they apply for it — if companies don’t figure out a way around a new law. Starting on Jan. 1, employers with at least 15 worker...

The Senate Finance Committee is reportedly looking to probe the Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration in the upcoming Senate term. The investigation will "concentra...

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has put a temporary hold on a new California law boosting protections for fast-food workers that was set to go into effect Jan. 1. The order comes in respo...