New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for ...
A breakdown shows the rate of eviction filings rose almost every month of 2024 despite some of the most comprehensive renter ...
Increasing pay for care workers of those with developmental disabilities can save the state money. Among Washington state’s most vulnerable people are some 4,600 who live with significant intellectual ...
Senate Bill 5023 seeks to resolve longstanding discriminatory labor policies. Advocates note that nannies, housekeepers, ...
A few states across the country raised their minimum wage in January 2025, pulling them further ahead of the federal minimum ...
The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per ...
Some 65 cities across the country rolled out wage increases at the start of the month, and restaurant owners are still ...
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center must be paid the state’s ...
The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, the only privately owned detention center in Washington, can hold up to 1,575 ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury secretary appeared on track for Senate confirmation after a hearing.
As the snow has fallen on Washington, DC’s First Street over the past few days, the Supreme Court has begun to issue opinions in the current term.
A majority of the Ninth Circuit panel decried the private jail's attempt to argue federal law prohibits it from paying its ...