Minimum Wage

In a January 11 earnings call to investors, Albertson’s CEO Vivek Sankarian said that the company had been hoping to recover from recent supply issues, but the omicron variant of COVID-19 “put a dent in that.” NPR reports that “grocery store workers are catching the virus in higher numbers.” That, while acting as frontline workers during the pandemic and often facing the wrath frustrated, and occasionally customers.

The analysis from the nonprofit Economic Roundtable has a simple title: “Hungry at the Table.” But there’s nothing simple about the plight of a growing number of the region’s grocery workers, in spite of being labeled “essential,” are finding it difficult to put food on their own tables.

Is it possible to support your family as a single parent while working minimum wage jobs? Author Stephanie Land wrote about her experiences in her book…

The U.S. House Thursday passed a bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Republicans have vowed to block it in the Senate, but…

Idahoans For A Fair Wage wants to see the state's minimum wage raised above its current rate of $7.25 an hour. The federal rate was set in 2009 and in…

Efforts to raise Idaho's minimum wage.Author Emily Ruskovich wins the International Dublin Literary Award.Idaho doctors bring medical aid to…

Idaho Matters leads a roundtable discussion of the week's headlines with the region's top journalists. This week we speak with Idaho Public Television's…

The 2020 election is still over a year away, but some of the initiatives that could appear on the ballot are already taking shape.The Idaho Attorney…

Despite Idaho’s rural character, the state isn’t exempt from issues of housing affordability associated with more developed regions. A new report from the…

The Idaho House has voted to ban cities from hiking the minimum wage. The bill prohibits local governments from instituting ordinances to raise the…