Minimum Wage

A decade after their last successful effort, Missouri backers of a higher minimum wage believe that 2016 may finally be their year for a successful…

Weeks after St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger appeared to shut the door on a minimum wage increase, his chief rival on the county council is…

After the push for increasing minimum wage in St. Louis resumed, two of the city’s top Democratic leadersAldermanic President Lewis Reed in a letter…

Trying to best describe the legal status of local minimum wage increases is like wrapping your arms around an eel.That’s because discussions around St.…

A measure that would boost the minimum wage in the city of St. Louis for most workers got back on track Friday, following a contentious Board of Aldermen…

Mayor Francis Slay is throwing his support behind a compromise proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage.The measure unveiled Thursday is an effort to…

Since St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger took office earlier this year, there have been questions about his relationship with St. Louis Mayor…

St. Louis’ ambitious push to raise the minimum wage may be dead after the alderman in charge of the committee examining the bill -- Alderman Joe Vaccaro…

A St. Louis Board of Aldermen committee held off on votes on legislation raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.While that proposal could get a…

It has been six months since St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger took office after winning a close race against Rick Stream. In that time, Stenger…