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The Kentucky General Assembly passed several important pieces of legislation in the just-concluded 2015 session, including a comprehensive heroin bill and…
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As Kentucky lawmakers consider increasing the state’s minimum wage, a WKU economics professor is warning such a move could have negative consequences....
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A bill that would increase Kentucky’s minimum wage to $10.10 over the course of three years has passed the state House of Representatives. Democratic…
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The House labor committee on Thursday approved a bill that would raise Kentucky’s minimum wage to $10.10 by July 2017.The bill is similar to legislation…
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The debate over raising the minimum wage is heating up in Louisville, and Democratic state lawmakers want to take the issue statewide in 2015. Rep. Rick...
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Louisville Congressman John Yarmuth and a handful of Democratic state lawmakers rallied today in support of raising the minimum wage in Kentucky from…
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Kentucky rounds out the top ten states that would benefit most from a higher minimum wage according to a new report from a non-profit that works to fight…
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Kentucky’s two U.S. Senators have helped defeat an effort to raise the federal minimum wage.Republicans Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul joined almost every…
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Leaders of the Kentucky Senate and House are exchanging words on minimum wage legislation. The House yesterday approved a bill to raise the minimum wage…
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After more than two-and-a-half hours of debate, the Kentucky House passed a bill Thursday afternoon that would raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25…