“The state minimum wage of $16.50 is nowhere near a liveable wage here in Irvine,” Agran said in a phone interview Monday.

The city’s wage theft ordinance was intended to supplement state and federal labor law, but its lack of enforcement authority has blunted its effect.

And while they haven’t yet raised prices, they said it was inevitable if the minimum wage increases continued. The story was similar for restaurants. In one example we heard, a recently vacant ...

Some Chicago restaurants are hoping Mayor Brandon Johnson follows D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's lead, and moves to repeal a law eliminating the city's sub-minimum wage for tipped workers. Last July ...