A group of Democrats in the North Carolina General Assembly have filed an ambitious bill that would raise the minimum wage, mandate equal pay for equal work, require paid family leave and reenact child tax credits.

Businesses would be able to pay workers involved in, say, apprenticeships less than minimum wage under a bill that cleared a Senate panel Monday.

Maryland lawmakers, labor advocates and tipped workers shared support during a rally for a proposed bill that could raise Maryland's minimum wage to $20 per hour.

A new bill filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives could raise the minimum wage by more than double by the end of the current decade. Dubbed the “Fair Minimum Wage Act” by lawmakers, the bill was filed on Monday,