Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Sen. Nick Schroer, a Defiance Republican, offers a floor substitute to his cannabis bill on April 9, 2025, kicking off a ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Monday said she intends to sign legislation to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2028. The governor’s office announced on Monday, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would end the practice of giving students minimum grades, a policy critics say artificially boosts achievement data. Under ...

t was a wild celebration and a moment of March bliss for Clemson, which had not enjoyed many of those the past two decades.Mia Moore's running 3-pointer seeming Coast Guard launches air and surface ...

A recent survey found that nearly half of Floridians are considering leaving the state due to cost-of-living concerns, with 80 percent of respondents citing concerns about housing affordability and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — After failing in a previous session, a bill to dilute a voter-approved measure that brought Nebraska’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2026 has passed. The bill, LB 258, changes ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A bill introduced by Senator Cindy Holscher, a Johnson County Democrat, calls for increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $16 per hour. The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 471, ...

Pennsylvania’s minimum wage—unchanged for 16 years—could finally be set for a dramatic increase under Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s newly unveiled 2026–27 budget proposal. In his budget address ...

Illinois, along with 17 other states, is opposing the proposed ending of nursing home minimum staffing standards by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS recently proposed ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A bill that would lower the minimum wage for minors was pitched by its sponsor Wednesday as a way to help small businesses and young workers. Senate Bill 1325 would create a separate ...

Florida's minimum wage will increase to $15 an hour on September 30, 2026, due to a 2020 constitutional amendment. A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature could allow some interns and ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — One state lawmaker wants to nearly triple the state minimum wage—from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $20 an hour. Senate Bill 179's sponsor Sen. Nate Blouin ...