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The new year will bring minimum wage increases in 19 states

The wage rate will cross the $15 per hour threshold for the first time in six states on Jan. 1, 2026. But the biggest hike will be seen in Hawaii.

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California's Fast Food Council has fallen dormant

The legislative entity created to regulate the state's limited-service restaurant chains has been leaderless for seven months.

Working Lunch: In this week's political podcast, restaurant association officials from Texas and New Jersey talk about pushing back on the "credit card duopoly," and election results.

And the push-pull on efforts to abolish or save the tip credit continue in Illinois, Michigan and Washington, D.C.

Breaking from conservative ideology, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. Democrats attempting the same have been thwarted. Does this bill have a chance?

A survey by LendingTree found that quick-service employees need to work up to 78 hours per week to cover basic living expenses. And, in the top 50 markets, they have to work more than two times longer to buy the meals they serve.

Three years after a referendum approved the phaseout of the tipped minimum wage in the nation's capital, Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a repeal, saying restaurants are facing a perfect storm and need special attention.

The minimum wage will rise to that level in increments by 2028, in time for the Olympics. Workers at several dozen hotels around LAX will also be entitled to the higher wage.

A proposal slated to be considered by Los Angeles' City Council would mandate a similar raise over the next four years for some hotel workers.

More than half the states are slated to raise their pay floors in 2025, with the increases averaging 75 cents an hour. At least five will be above $15 an hour.

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