Minimum wage policy is about to shift again as the calendar turns, with a new round of state level increases scheduled to take effect at the start of 2026. While federal law has held the nationwide ...

Budget 2026 was unveiled in October, with the government laying out a series of measures set to be implemented in the new year. As well as this, the annual minimum wage hike took effect from January 1 ...

When Donald Trump claimed that America’s affordability crisis is a “hoax,” he revealed how profoundly disconnected he is from the workers who make our cities run. New Yorkers don’t need a lecture ...

California’s minimum wage will rise by 40 cents to $16.90 per hour when the calendar flips to 2026 as part of a legally mandated process set in motion nearly a decade ago. Several cities and counties ...

As signed into Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2024 budget, the state's minimum wage will see its second of two 50-cent increases in 2026. In 2024, the rate rose to $16 per hour in New York City, Westchester ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s minimum wage is set to increase in January, with some minimum wage workers getting an increase to nearly $20 an hour. The minimum wage in Denver has increased every year since ...

In 2026, for the first time, Arizona's minimum wage will surpass $15. Arizona joins 18 other states that have announced wage increases in the new year. In 2026, Arizona will have the eighth-highest ...

The new year will see dozens of states, cities and counties raising the minimum wage locally, helping millions of Americans offset an increasingly urgent affordability crisis. On Jan. 1, 2026, the ...

Fannie Mae announced that it no longer requires a minimum FICO credit score for loans processed through its Desktop Underwriter system. Supporters of the move feel this can open up conventional loan ...

A coalition of labor and left-leaning activists announced Tuesday in L.A. that they hope to have the county Board of Supervisors take up a proposal to mandate the higher wage soon, phasing the ...

The City Plan Commission last week recommended a proposal that would eliminate parking minimums across a huge swath of Kansas City, letting developers and business owners decide for themselves how ...

Starting next week, Fannie Mae is eliminating its minimum 620 credit score requirement for borrowers seeking loans that will be sold to the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE). The move, which is in ...