The proposal is designed to appeal to Republican senators, and comes after Pa. Democrats unsuccessfully tried for years to ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding ...

Democrats say it’s long past time to lift the Pennsylvania minimum wage, which has lingered at $7.25 an hour for more than 15 ...

It calls for the minimum wage to go up to $15 an hour in larger counties, and up to $12 an hour in smaller counties.

A new bill would incrementally increase the $7.25 per hour minimum wage in different counties based on population and ...

The Pennsylvania House passed a bill that would move the needle on the state’s minimum wage after 15 years of fighting for increases. The bill, which takes an incremental approach to raising the wage, ...

The Democrats' one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House successfully carried a bill through to the Senate that proposes a ...

House Bill 1549 would increase it to $15 per hour for most Pennsylvanians, though in some smaller counties, it would only ...

Pennsylvania currently follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, the lowest in the region. Neighboring states — including New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware — have all adopted ...

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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour in 20 of its counties, and to $12 in the rest under a bill the Democratic-controlled state House passed Wednesday.

The state House voted along party lines Wednesday to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most Pennsylvanians, and to $12 for ...