Also beginning in January, the new "tip wage," or service employee minimum wage will be set at $7.33 per hour.

The state's minimum wage is now $14.65 an hour, while the state's largest city raised its rate to $15.50 an hour.

Maine's minimum wage has increased by 50 cents, going from $14.15 an hour to $14.65. That comes out to be about a $1,000 ...

Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and ...

Four other New England states and 21 across the country raised their minimum wages this past week, but Republican legislative leaders and affiliate free market groups vow to fight renewed attempts to ...

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, ...

Twenty-one states and 48 local jurisdictions rang in the new year with an increase to the minimum wage on Jan. 1, according ...

NASHUA — Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut are among 21 states that increased their minimum wage on Jan. 1 — ...

Advocates said they would like to see legislation that helps address the shortage of health care workers, among other things.

Several retail and service workers in Portland told NEWS CENTER Maine the increase is welcome but doesn't offset the high cost of living in the city.

The states that are reporting a boost for minimum-wage workers this year are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, ...