Washington State enacts new laws including a raised minimum wage, stricter negligent driving penalties, and a ban on selling ...

Many states automatically raise their minimum wage on Jan. 1 like Arizona, Virginia, Connecticut and Minnesota. In others, ...

OLYMPIA, Wash - Thousands of Washington workers will get a raise in the new year, as the state's minimum wage rises again. Workers will now make $16.66 an hour, which is a 38-cent-per-hour increase.

This is the 8th year in a row that Washington has raised the minimum wage. It is now the state with the highest minimum wage. The Washington State Department of Labor credits the increase to the ...

Over 9.2 million minimum-wage workers will have higher paychecks this year as 21 states raised their wage floors to adjust for inflation, ballot measures, and legislation.

Sponsor Message With these continued increases, EPI found that 19 states and Washington ... pointed to Ohio, a state that last passed a significant increase to its minimum wage in 2007, and ...

State minimum wage hikes each January have contributed ... New York, California, Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut are already there. And besides the three joining ...

Seattle began implementing a minimum wage of $20.76 per hour when the new year began, and the new rate has led some smaller ...

And Tong looks at new laws taking effect in Washington state, including an increase in the minimum wage. He speaks with Austin Jenkins, a staff writer for Pluribus News, which covers policy trends ...

According to Washington State Legislature, as of January 1, 2025, a new minimum wage rate of $16.66 per hour is in place, up from $16.28. Cities in Washington have the option to set higher minimum ...

Many of these counties, particularly in California, Colorado, and Washington, will raise wages higher than the state minimum wage. Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage is set at $7.25, and it has ...

An additional 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages above their state wage floors ... that 19 states and Washington, D.C., will have at least a $15 minimum wage by 2027.