Here's where minimum wage increases are set to kick in next year
Minimum wages are set to rise in 22 U.S. states and 66 cities and counties next year, even as the federal baseline wage remains at $7.25.
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Minimum wages are set to rise in 22 U.S. states and 66 cities and counties next year, even as the federal baseline wage remains at $7.25.
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley's position on the minimum wage aligns him with some of the Senate's most liberal members.
The average cost of a fast-food meal in the U.S. is now $11.56 in major cities across the U.S., according to LendingTree.
The federal minimum has held at $7.25 an hour since 2009, but an increasing number of states are upping their base pay for workers.
A Biden administration proposal would phase out a program that lets employers pay some workers less than $7.25 an hour.
Bank of America is hiking its base pay starting next month and plans to further lift the company's minimum wage in 2025.
The coffee chain said it is increasing eligible employees' pay, with longer-tenured workers in line for bigger raises.
Many wage theft victims are never paid a dime. Others are left waiting for months or even years, an investigation by CBS News found.
The home-improvement store said it is investing $1 billion in pay raises for its employees.
Republican attorneys general in three states filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging President Joe Biden's move to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.
The new permanent pay rate will take effect July 5. The increased wage applies to some 275,000 part-time and full-time workers.
Bank of America plans to raise its starting pay to $20 an hour over a two-year period, starting with a hike next month.
Target is raising its minimum wage for employees to $13 an hour, continuing the plans for the company to raise it to $15 an hour by 2020.
A state representative has proposed a new bill to raise the minimum wage in Texas to $15 an hour.
Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month.
A minimum-wage worker would have to put in lots of overtime to be able to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country.
Target is raising its minimum starting pay for workers for the second time in less than a year after seeing a bigger and better pool of job candidates.
Target is raising its minimum hourly wage for its workers to $11 starting next month, and then to $15 by the end of 2020, in a move that it said will help to better recruit and retain top quality staff members for customers.
From same-sex marriage, to schools, to the money that goes into your pocket -- it was a busy night on Thursday at the State Capitol in Austin.
Protests for pay of $15 an hour and a union for fast-food and other low-wage workers are set to take place around the country Wednesday.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to make changes to how it pays and trains U.S. hourly workers as the embattled retailer tries to reshape the image that its stores offer dead-end jobs.
A call by Wendy Davis to raise the Texas minimum wage to $10 an hour, as protesters nationwide demand better pay for fast food workers, is drawing criticism from business leaders.
Hundreds of North Texans marched down Dallas streets holding signs calling for higher wages. It was a Labor Day Parade with a message.
IKEA Home Furnishings is announcing it will join in on a national and local trend of voluntarily increasing its employees minimum wages.
President Barack Obama's call for increasing the nation's minimum wage rate to $10 an hour is generating quite a bit of discussion in North Texas.
The 5th Dimension had broad crossover success and won six Grammy Awards, including record of the year twice.
School leaders say they're navigating discipline, free‑speech rights, and new pressure from state officials.
Officers say the driver fled after the crash on FM 428. The victim was found unconscious at the scene.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family were aware of reports of a ransom note and that they are "ready to talk."
Parents say footage shows toddlers being mistreated more than 100 times in five days as investigators continue identifying additional possible victims.
The 5th Dimension had broad crossover success and won six Grammy Awards, including record of the year twice.
School leaders say they're navigating discipline, free‑speech rights, and new pressure from state officials.
Officers say the driver fled after the crash on FM 428. The victim was found unconscious at the scene.
According to the TEFA website, more than 1,400 private schools from Pre-K to high schools are participating.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family were aware of reports of a ransom note and that they are "ready to talk."
The CEO a Dallas nonprofit resigned after a CBS News Texas I-Team investigation that revealed the organization had failed to follow through on its core promises.
Seven years after a deadly school bus-train crash in Athens, the same crossing still lacks gates or lights—despite repeated promises to fix it.
A CBS News Texas investigation found those daily meals no longer being delivered to schools, despite the nonprofit's claims to the contrary.
It once fed thousands of kids. So, how did a Dallas non-profit's core mission fall apart? CBS News Texas investigates.
A Fort Worth firefighter severely burned in the line of duty is speaking out after his family, the public and politicians said the workers' compensation system failed him, denying him of much needed care.
Chairwoman of the Tarrant County Democratic Party Allison Campolo discusses the big upset victory by Democrat Taylor Rehmet over Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the Texas Senate District 9 race. She tells Jack Fink that she predicts a blue wave in Tarrant County in November.
Chairman of the Tarrant County GOP, Tim Davis, discusses the Democrats' big win in the Texas Senate District 9 race, a Republican majority district. He tells Jack Fink that he predicts Republicans will win the seat back in November.
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock (R) discusses the data coming in on the first day families could apply for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program. On the first day of enrollment for the taxpayer-funded school choice program in Texas, more than 20,000 people had applied by noon, and 8,000 people applied in the first hour.
"Right now we have the Wild West. I want to see some rules of the road," said Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
Federal authorities are releasing fourth-grader Elizabeth Zuna, the first of several students detained by immigration officers in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, school officials said.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
While retailers like Amazon, Macy's and Target are extending their return window for gifts bought during the holidays, some stores are adding fees to return purchases.
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller is calling for a statewide ban on non-water additives, such as fluoride, in the public water system.
Last year, over 16 million vehicles drove on North Texas toll roads without paying, accumulating more than $69 million in unpaid tolls.
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024 - the highest mark in American history. But the U.S. still ranks below dozens of other countries.
Weather-related closures left Carter BloodCare 4,000 units of blood and blood components short of what it needs.
The state of Texas is investing $50 million in research on psychedelic therapies.
Walk with a Doc invites community members to join low-pressure group walks led by physicians.
The largest nurses strike ever in New York City is underway as thousands of NYSNA members walk off their jobs at major hospitals.
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
A Dallas coffee chain says it's caught in a political firestorm after a walkout over an ICE discount.
During the World Cup, soccer fans will be able to get a taste of what North Texas' new professional soccer team, Atletico Dallas, has to offer.
Salad and Go, a drive-thru salad chain, said on Wednesday that it will close all remaining Texas and Oklahoma stores.
Venezuela is said to have the largest amount of these reserves in the world.
Nico Harrison's vision for the Dallas Mavericks is officially dead.
American athletes are preparing for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. These are some of the top Team USA competitors to watch.
The death last month of former NFL player Kevin Johnson is possibly linked to three other killings of unhoused people in the same area that occurred over the last four months, detectives said.
Thomas Harley scored at 2:05 of overtime, and the Dallas Stars matched their longest winning streak of the season at five games with a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Munn was promoted from defensive coordinator after Riley Dodge joined the staff at SMU.
The 5th Dimension had broad crossover success and won six Grammy Awards, including record of the year twice.
The sheriff says the note was sent to a local Arizona news station, which agreed not to report on it, following the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Many Super Bowl 60 ads are already online, along with teasers for commercials that will be unveiled during the NFL championship on Feb. 8.
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
As Anthony Davis prepared for his debut game at the AAC, Dallas Mavericks fans took to the arena to protest the controversial trade.
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