Commandeering the House floor, adding more bodies to the second floor, turning to voters to decide the minimum-wage floor in ...

The One Fair Wage Coalition, which has been pressing for higher minimum wages in states across the country, this week renewed its efforts to raise Maryland’s wage floor and exempt tips from state ...

State Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would allow Maryland voters to raise the minimum wage from $15 to $20 — including for workers in the service industry — but it’s receiving ...

A new bill under consideration in the General Assembly would put the measure on the November 2026 ballot for voters to decide whether to increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour. Bill proponents want ...

Sinema, the first out bisexual in the U.S. House and then the Senate, came into office as a liberal but moved to the right.

Washington was one of 21 states to implement an increase in minimum wage at the start of the new year. The wage went from $16.28 per hour to $16.66 per hour. Many student workers are receiving minimum ...

For decades, "states’ rights” was the scourge of liberals. But when Washington itself is hostile to civil rights and ...

Representative Sarah McBride did not run for Congress emphasizing L.G.B.T.Q. issues. But since her arrival in Washington, her identity has come under attack from newly empowered Republicans.

Donald Trump was sworn in, for a second time, as the president of the United States. As the country begins to see the early effects of a second Trump term (including the signing of dozens of executive ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Vice President JD Vance will speak at the March for Life rally in the nation’s capital Jan. 24, organizers announced a day prior to the event. The appearance marks Vance’s ...

BALTIMORE -- State leaders plan to introduce legislation that would put a minimum wage increase on Maryland's 2026 ballot. Maryland Delegate Adrian Boafo and Senator Cory McCray introduced the ...

The child-care industry in Washington is struggling with both staffing shortages and high costs for care, advocates say. It’s ...