Of the proposals in President Obama’s State of the Union address, the one that’s perhaps getting the most attention is his push to have the federal minimum wage raised from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XYxxpwRG6QPresident Obama is proposing a big increase for new federal contract employees making minimum wage.The plan was a key part ...

President Obama ran a campaign of soaring rhetoric and uplifting ideas. Amidst two unpopular wars, a rapidly deteriorating financial crisis and the wildly unpopular presidency of George W. Bush, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. On April 28, the national news played excerpts of President Barack Obama's weekend radio address. Obama ...

President Barack Obama Tuesday night pressed a divided Congress to agree on measures to simplify the nation’s tax code, overhaul the immigration laws, raise the federal minimum wage, and toughen gun ...

The nation’s Democratic governors expressed support Friday for President Barack Obama’s efforts to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, while criticizing the GOP’s focus on social issues.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the fifth Saturday this year, the White House used the president's weekly address to exhort Republicans to support an increase in the minimum wage, a key part of President ...

And I'm Robert Siegel. In his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama is expected to renew his call for Congress to raise the federal minimum wage. If he's successful, that would ...

President Obama on Wednesday launched a fresh effort to focus on the minimum wage ahead of this year's midterm elections, emphasizing the populist economic message that will drive much of this year's ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to raise New York's minimum wage ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage. The president suggested raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour and ...

The Senate Democratic leadership plans to introduce a bill that could raise the minimum wage as high as $10.10 an hour. And now, that plan has President Obama's support. The bill, discussed over a ...