Washington's current rate of $16.28 an hour is the highest state-level minimum in the nation, and will rise on Jan. 1.

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced a 2.35% increase to minimum wage, raising it to $16.66 an ...

Washington state law directs L&I to calculate the minimum wage for the coming year using the federal Bureau of Labor ...

Washington state will be able to inspect workplace conditions at a federal immigration detention center in Tacoma, under a recently issued court order.

“The health care minimum wage increases shall be effective 15 days after the date of this notification, on October 16, 2024, unless a later effective date is specified,” Michelle Baass, the director ...

Michelle Chambers and Laura Richardson, two Democrats with public service backgrounds, are battling in a tight race amid renewed misconduct allegations.

A strike of port workers has Americans rushing to local grocery stores for supplies, including toilet paper, in case of ...

Two of the three candidates for governor of Indiana went head-to-head in a debate for the first time Wednesday evening.

A Michigan State University professor has filed a lawsuit alleging that two trustees urged students to paint him as a racist ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed ...

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