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Despite nonstop media coverage, dismal jobs reports, and vocal concerns from local operators, California Governor Gavin Newsom is still claiming the $20 fast food wage mandate has been nothing but a success. But the latest jobs report, which brought retroactive revisions to Newsom’s preferred monthly employment estimates, is indisputably bad…

A recent report by a left-leaning think tank claims raising Oklahoma’s minimum wage would benefit public safety, predicting there would be 7,000  fewer crimes annually.  The proposed solution is a measure currently set to appear on the 2026 ballot that would more than double the state’s current minimum wage…

California’s skyrocketing state and local minimum wage, extensive state labor code, and “risky” business environment have taken a toll on workers and businesses across the state. Now Golden State economics has taken aim at another key group: teens trying to get summer jobs. Minimum wage jobs are a key…

Denver, CO’s minimum wage is hurtling toward the highest in the country – and businesses most affected by the hikes, including restaurants, are paying the price. Currently, the city’s regular minimum wage sits at $18.81 per hour (with a meager $3.02 tip credit for tipped restaurant employees). Next year, the…

Los Angeles is preparing for a high-profile stretch of events with the FIFA World Cup in 2026, the Super Bowl in 2027, and the Olympics in 2028. Yet behind the scenes, local unions are pushing for a slew of minimum wage hikes and other ballot measures that could force businesses…

Pennsylvania lawmakers are renewing a decades-old battle to raise the state’s minimum wage. The latest proposal, House Bill 1549, recently passed the House and is awaiting vote in the Senate. It would increase the minimum wage in most counties depending on their population size, while Philadelphia’s would jump to $15…

This week, DC City Councilmembers voted 7-5 to derail Initiative 82, a ballot measure passed in 2022 that was on its way to fully eliminating DC’s tip credit in 2027. This is a historic vote siding with local restaurants and local tipped workers who told Councilmembers the law was hurting…

In a city known for its extensive brunch culture and endless cuisine options, spring and summer typically bring swells of foot traffic to restaurants across the District of Columbia. However, despite the seasonal crowds typically flocking to restaurants in the spring and summer, full-service restaurant job growth has slowed. Recent…

From the beginning of California’s fast food wage hike, EPI and others have been tracking the fallout from the state’s  “crappiest law”. While Governor Gavin Newsom has been claiming the law is “good for California,” government data has shown the opposite: the law has caused early job losses, as…

We’ve seen this movie before. Cities raise wages with good intentions, jobs quietly disappear, and workers are left with fewer opportunities. Now Chicago is following the same script and new EPI analysis shows that their ending may be just as bleak. In 2023, lawmakers passed a bill to phase out…