LETTER: This is an open letter to our Iowa powers-that-be. The tri-state minimum wages are extremely low. South Dakota minimum has increased to a meager $11.02 per hour with Nebraska showing a ...

Some red states approved ballot measures to raise the minimum wage and require employers to provide paid sick time to their ...

The 44-year-old Hiawatha Democrat says what she offers voters is "working for a government that works for its people." ...

Minimum-wage increases were on track to be rejected in California ... Voters in eight states — Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, ...

Peters, who is originally from Shelby, Iowa, has been living in the Browerville area for ... strengthen economic security for ...

More:Iowa revenues projected to drop by $500 million ... Sievers said the state's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is not sustainable, advocating for it to be bumped to $15 an hour "in this time ...

Rising costs disproportionally hurt low-income people.

What do you think Iowa’s tax policy should be ... We should raise the minimum wage to a living wage. When workers have a living wage they are able to buy a home, save for retirement and purchase ...

As both parties look to address high costs, Republicans are touting tax cuts, and Democrats are pledging to raise wages and ...

In contrast, Harris has vocally advocated for raising the federal minimum wage. This comes despite the ... McDonald’s workers in Des Moines, Iowa. “These golden arches are not representing ...

The current minimum wage is too low, 52% of Midwest Newsroom/Emerson College ... The Midwest Newsroom is an investigative and enterprise journalism collaboration that includes Iowa Public Radio, KCUR, ...