RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The minimum wage rate in Virginia will increase at the start of next year, in accordance with state law. The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry recently put out a release ...

Virginia will increase its minimum wage to $12.77 effective Jan. 1, 2026. In accordance with Virginia law, the commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry must establish an adjusted state ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation Thursday that would have put Virginia on the path to a $15 per hour minimum wage and set up a retail cannabis market, killing bills that were important ...

While the federal baseline remains $7.25 per hour under the Fair Labor Standards Act—the same rate since it was last raised ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to ...

West Virginia's minimum wage has been the same since 2016. (Photo by Jennifer Miranda/Getty Images) Americans uniformly believe that workers deserve a basic standard of living free from employer ...

One candidate for governor looked north, promising to deal with the challenges she says Virginia faces from Washington. The other looked at what she said she has helped Gov. Glenn Youngkin do.

Democrat Karen “Kacey” Carnegie and Republican Mike Lamonea will face off in the general election for a two-year term to ...

RICHMOND — A Virginia Senate committee endorsed an increase in the state’s minimum wage this afternoon, backing legislation that would boost the rate from $5.15 an hour to $6.50 later this year. Over ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — At the E. Palmer Supermarket in the Berkley section of Norfolk, the profit margin is thin, but neighborhood needs weigh heavily. Esron Palmer, owner of the supermarket founded by ...