Minimum Wage

Japanese beetle numbers surge in Washington State trapping, alarming increase compared to previous year.

Imagine being a young person making minimum wage money in King County.

Washington State Labor and Industries (L&I) the minimum wage for Washington State will go up 3.4% from 2023 making minimum wage $16.28 an hour. That's higher than anywhere else in the entire country. That's more than California, more than New York, more than anywhere...

The soaring cost of living in WA state makes it unbearable for many, even with the minimum wage increase coming in 2024.

How does Washington State compare to the rest of the nation when it comes to the minimum wage?

More workers in Washington will have paid sick leave and the state's minimum wage will increase to $11.50 an hour in the new year.

**More data are needed on how animal antibiotics are used and on the efficacy of alternatives in order to accelerate the use of antibiotic-free options. A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts says the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance have created a growing global threat because the use of antibiotics drives resistance expansion...

SEATTLE (AP) — Republican Chris Vance blamed Sen. Patty Murray for congressional gridlock, saying in a debate that the Democrat is "part of the problem" and that the nation's Capitol "is broken." Murray, seeking her fifth term, touted her bipartisan work with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on solving a 2013 budget impasse and spoke of her efforts to raise the minimum wage and work

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Supporters of raising Washington state's minimum have turned in more than 360,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure that seeks to incrementally increase the state's rate over the next four years to $13.50 an hour...

SEATTLE (AP) — More than a dozen workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport filed lawsuits on Wednesday over the $15 minimum wage they say they have not been paid. Their Seattle lawyers estimate the employees are owed as much as $20,000 each in back pay since the higher wage went into effect more than two years ago. Air...