(Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor's Office)Boost is latest in series of automatic resets mandated under law Murphy signed in 2019
(Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor's Office)Boost is latest in series of automatic resets mandated under law Murphy signed in 2019


Starting Monday, the state began fulfilling a gubernatorial campaign promise. The minimum wage has risen by $1.15 an hour to $10 for some 242,000 workers. ...

For workers who depend on government benefits, higher wages could be a double-edged sword that shreds their safety net.

For advocates who’ve worked on this issue for years, Thursday’s votes felt particularly sweet, especially since the Legislature voted twice -- in 2013 and 2016 ...

In an Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing, opponents voiced all sorts of concerns over a bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

As employers plead with lawmakers about the harmful consequences of the proposed $15 minimum wage bill, workers appealed to the financial security the legislation would ...

The proposal increases the minimum wage to $10 an hour in July and increases to $11 by 2020, with a $1 a year increase until ...

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin Thursday introduced a bill that will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour, gradually, by 2024 for some ...

Proposals and personalities clash in the last televised Republican gubernatorial debate before the June 6 primary. Were any undecided voters swayed? Protests on behalf of ...

The people who are subcontracted to clean the plane cabins, check for weapons and perform other tasks now support a new bill that would pay ...

Hundreds of airport and food service workers marched outside Newark Liberty International Airport from Terminal B to Terminal C in a fight for a minimum ...

Amidst mourning in Cuba, Cuban-Americans board the first daily Newark to Havana flight. Could eased restrictions expand beyond family reunions? Outside the airport, the Fight ...

New Jersey's version of the nationwide effort to raise the minimum wage is sitting on Gov. Christie's desk waiting to be signed.

With hundreds of road projects on hold and hundreds of workers idled, Democratic lawmakers call on leadership to break the impasse over the Transportation Trust ...

Gov. Christie was at Union County College to discuss Talent Development Centers, which are meant to be pipelines to new or better jobs.

Unemployment is at a nine-year low -- 4.3 million New Jersey residents are working. And Christie's dedicating millions to train even more. Rival lawmakers have ...

Indicted again. The doctor and friend of Sen. Menendez. This time accused of ripping off taxpayers. Disputing suicide in the Sheridan fire deaths. And some ...

Low-wage workers called on corporations to raise their wage to $15 per hour in what has been called the Fight for $15.