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San Francisco minimum wage is set to become the highest in U.S.

On Jan. 1 the city's minimum wage will rise to $10.24 an hour. That's the highest rate in the country and makes San Francisco the first place in the U.S. to mandate double-digit hourly wages for its lowest-paid workers. For Ace Wiseman, 27, a recent ... read more

San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Top $10 Minimum Wage

SAN FRANCISCO – David Frias works two minimum-wage ... city would be $15, and that doubles when you have at least one child or more. But like other advocates of better wages, he's still pleased that San Francisco will be the first in the nation to top $10. read more

The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy

As of 2016, it took $1.2 million in net worth to make it into the 9.9 percent; $2.4 million to reach the group’s median; and $10 million to get into the top ... New York, San Francisco, and San Jose alone lopped 9.7 percent off total U.S. growth from ... read more

As Congress Does Little To Address Wage Erosion, States Are Moving With Their Own Minimum Wage Legislation

U.S ... the first time the state has tackled the wage floor since 1968. HB 1941 would lift a ban on cities, counties and boroughs from implementing their own alternative (higher) minimum wage rates, such as we’ve seen in cities including San Francisco ... read more

Leaving Las Vegas: Sports gambling's legalization outside of Nevada means BILLIONS for states, leagues, and networks - but concerns over corruption and 'integrity fees' persist

If taxes and fees become too costly for average gamblers, continuing with their neighborhood bookie might be an easier option. Offshore betting websites have dominated the U.S. market in recent ... often paid less than minimum wage. However, nobody stands ... read more

How A Millionaire, A Socialist, And Some Taco Bell Workers Brought A Living Wage To Seattle

One of its first donations was a $15,000 gift to 15 Now, one of the organizations Sawant credits with “changing the agenda” of the city’s political elites. The same week Sawant won her seat, another key piece of Seattle’s minimum wage fight fell ... read more

D.C. mayor vetoes minimum wage increase for Wal-Mart workers

"The problem is the top five multinationals who employ millions of people in fast food in the U.S. are making ... in the fast-growing city. Cities including San Francisco and Santa Fe, N.M., have approved across-the-board minimum-wage hikes in recent ... read more

In Governors Races, Republican Survives in California While Women Thrive Elsewhere

Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor, easily took the top spot. So the attention turned ... Another member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, is likely to become South Dakota’s first female governor, after she secured the Republican nomination ... read more

Squeezing the middle class

These trends play out right under our noses: A recent study reports the city where I live, San Francisco ... we have become this low-wage nation with globalization and technology fostering foreign competition and easing the way for U.S. businesses to ... read more

Amazon just revealed the top 20 contenders for its new headquarters — here are their incredible proposals

Why Amazon could choose the city: Austin is a well-known tech hub, but it has a lower cost of living than other tech cities like San Francisco and Seattle ... to live in America by U.S. News and World Report, and it has become a cultural hub. read more