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The bill calls for paying some interns and others in new careers below the minimum wage. Senate President Ben Albritton says it is unlikely to advance.

Opponents said the minimum wage bill was an effort to undercut a 2020 constitutional amendment where voters demanded a phased-in, and higher, minimum wage.

Many jurisdictions already rolled out minimum wage changes earlier this year. Here's where increases are still set to come.

A Senate bill that would allow workers to be paid less than the minimum wage appears to have stalled in its latest committee hearing. Sen. Jonathan Martin (R

Florida's average teacher salary increased by 3.3% last year, but the gain is not enough for a new rank because it doesn't address inflation.

The Florida Legislature will send to Gov. Ron DeSantis a bill to make it more difficult for citizens to get constitutional amendments on the ballot.

Florida lawmakers have given final approval to creating new hurdles for getting citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot before voters.

A Senate bill to allow workers to be paid less than the minimum wage got tabled on Monday night. The decision at the Senate Rules Committee came after Senators had already started a prickly debate on SB 676, and several members of the public spoke out against it.

While minimum wage in Kentucky hasn't changed in almost 16 years, many states are seeing minimum wage increases this year. Here's where.

When comparing the monthly salary to the average rent, we find that the least affordable cities are Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; and San Francisco, California. The following list shows the proportion of rent that would represent as a portion of a worker’s monthly income.

Senate President Ben Albritton said a controversial bill that sought to pay some workers below the minimum wage is dead. “To tell you the truth, I think if somebody works, whether they’re being an apprentice or whatever, minimum wage is actually in the Constitution for a reason,” Albritton told reporters.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A proposal to carve an exemption in the state’s voter-approved minimum wage isn’t expected to pass during this year’s legislative session, Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, told reporters Thursday.

“I don’t love it, to tell you the truth,” Albritton told reporters Thursday.