Texas tied with Mississippi for states having the highest percentage of hourly paid workers earning the minimum wage or less. Some 550,000 Texans, or 9.5 percent of hourly paid workers, made the ...

In 2009, a dozen eggs cost $1.66, a gallon of milk cost $3.11, and a gallon of gas was as low as $1.80. And while the costs of those items has skyrocketed, one thing remains the same. The federal ...

More than 20 states will increase their minimum wage this year, boosting paychecks for millions of workers as rising costs squeeze household budgets. Both Democratic- and Republican-led states, from ...

Some workers will receive pay boosts next year as higher minimum wage regulations take effect in 22 states and 66 cities and counties across the U.S., a change that could help low-income households ...

If it feels like your paycheck isn’t stretching as far in Texas, you’re not imagining it. Prices in North Texas have risen about 3% over the past year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Last summer, the two of us sat in a classroom at San Antonio College and heard stories from women who — like so many others across Texas and the nation — work full time, year-round, and yet still ...