Edgar Recinos no longer has to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. As a cook at a Wingstop restaurant in Los Angeles, Recinos got a significant wage bump last year — one of half a million ...
Amid speculation of a presidential run in 2028, California Governor Gavin Newsom has urged Democrats in ruby-red South Carolina to spend more time in Republican-leaning counties, in an effort to ...
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) this month found that California’s 2023 minimum wage hike cost the state thousands of jobs. Researchers found that the state’s ...
California’s minimum wage — $16.50 per hour — is one of the highest nationwide. But last year lawmakers in the state boosted fast-food workers even higher: they earn $20 per hour, thanks to the change ...
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised just short of utopia when he signed California’s FAST Recovery Act. Two years later, the only thing raising the state’s minimum wage for fast-food ...
Lawmakers made an exception for smaller restaurant chains, implicitly acknowledging that the law would come with costs.
Today, it’s determined to be a cautionary tale, showing other states a clear example of what bad public policy looks like.