PORTLAND, Oregon — Oregon's minimum wage will increase 50 cents starting Wednesday. The state continues to have three separate minimum wages: a standard wage, a higher wage for the Portland metro area ...

The raises are part of a 2017 law designed to help the lowest-paid earners keep up with inflation and are linked to the consumer price index, which went up about 2% locally last year. How much more ...

Several new laws will go into effect in Illinois next week, and some of them will impact your money. But one law that has typically gone into effect over the past several in the state won't take place ...

Fidelity recently lowered its eligibility requirement for the SpaceX IPO to those who hold a modest $2,000 balance in their account. This is a dramatic shift from the traditional six-figure minimums ...

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New businesses from River Market to south Kansas City will be affected by the news ordinance. Brookside in Kansas City, Missouri, pictured here, it typically jammed with cars. In early April, the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City has eliminated the blanket minimum parking requirements for new buildings across a large portion of the city, but that does not mean new development will suddenly ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $15 an hour on September 30, 2026. The increase is the result of a constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2020. After 2026, future minimum wage increases ...

The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument. To this we might add a corollary: there is a certain kind of conservative pundit who has never really had a ...