State Legislation

As we reported last week, citizens of Arizona city Flagstaff will get the chance in 2018 to decide whether to eliminate the “escalator” clause mandating that the municipal minimum wage remain $2.00 above state levels. It turns out, however, that the state minimum wage will undergo examination even sooner—and not by voters, but by the Read more

Minimum wage workers in Rhode Island have been dreaming of a pay raise for years.  Now, their dreams are a reality. Governor Lincoln Chafee just signed a bill into law that will give the state’s minimum wage workers their first raise since 2007.  Starting on January 1, 2013, Rhode Island’s minimum wage workers will earn Read more

For the first time in five years, Rhode Island’s minimum wage workers could get a pay raise.  Now that a new bill has been approved by both the State House and Senate, the final decision lies with Governor Lincoln Chafee. If Governor Chafee signs the bill, Rhode Island’s minimum wage rate will go from $7.40 Read more