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The Biden Administration is trying to curb inflation as people grapple with the increased costs of basic expenses. At the same time, Wyomingites and other Westerners are also struggling with another economic trend: stagnant wage growth.
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A bill seeking to raise Wyoming's minimum wage to $15 an hour was recently killed by the state legislature. But that doesn't mean the "fight for $15" is…
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As minimum wage goes up, suicide rates go down. That’s according to a new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study...
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Idaho and Colorado saw some of the nation's leading growth in wages this past year. But other western states, including Montana and Wyoming, lagged...
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A bill to raise the minimum wage in Wyoming failed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. House Bill 140 would have raised Wyoming’s minimum wage to…
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Efforts to raise the state minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to nine dollars an hour failed to gain traction in the Wyoming House of Representatives. They…
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The President wants to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. Wyoming’s congressional delegation quickly opposed the idea,…
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