Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. The Trump administration's sweeping effort to slow down the rate of legal migration has affected a group traditionally immune from such ...

Minimum wage workers in Montgomery County will see an increase in their next paycheck thanks to a local law that requires minimum wage pay keeps up with the pace of inflation. “When wages keep pace ...

Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, July 1, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time. In the Portland metro, the ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has said that inflation is a "choice." The same could also be true of how inflation is measured. Warsh has formulated five task forces to look at an array of Fed ...

Social Security's 2027 COLA is projected between 3.8% and 4.7%, adding roughly $97 monthly for retirees on the average $2,071 benefit. Surging energy prices tied to the Iran conflict are driving ...

(Oregon Capital Chronicle) — Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time. In the ...

Oregonians making minimum wage will get a 50-cent bump per hour beginning Wednesday, resulting in an average of $573 more per year for someone working full time. In the Portland metro, the floor for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With just days until the start of North Carolina’s new fiscal year, thousands of state employees and retirees are still waiting to learn when expected raises and bonuses will ...

Aging may trigger the appearance of specialized stem cells that supercharge the body's ability to create new belly fat. The discovery reveals a potential biological driver of middle-age weight gain ...

The average Social Security check crossed $2,000 for the first time at the end of 2025. The same month that happened, Congress was handed a bill asking it to add $200 more on top. That pairing tells ...