State lawmakers cannot legally fix to what some contend is a flaw in Arizona’s new minimum wage law, Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.

Rick Berman’s editorial (“A lousy 10 cents more” Nov. 3) ignores one important fact about raising the state’s minimum wage. With the possible exception of those communities along the Colorado River border, none of our Arizona cities face competition from other states on wages which a 10-cent increase is likely to become significant. Sure, grocery sales might have to increase by $8,000 or so per day to cover the new expense. But where all grocers have to pay more for labor, will the public be eating that much less? No.

The national minimum wage rate is catching up to Arizona’s beginning on Friday.

The East Valley's lowest-paid workers will see another bump in their pay in the new year.

Arizona's minimum wage will increase from $6.90 to $7.25 on Jan. 1, according to the state Industrial Commission.

WASHINGTON - Republicans are warning Democrats not to tamper with Senate-passed minimum wage legislation, saying the bill's mix of $8.3 billion in tax breaks and a $2.10 an hour wage hike offers the right economic and political balance.

WASHINGTON - House-passed legislation boosting the federal minimum wage moves to the Senate, where Democrats intend to add billions of dollars in tax breaks to make it easier for business to swallow.

Arizona voters think the state’s lowest-paid workers deserve a raise, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday night.

What do minimum wage, universal health care, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, labor unions and school vouchers have in common?

Labor unions and their allies filed more than 209,000 signatures Monday to force a public vote over whether Arizona should have a minimum wage higher than required by federal law.

It turns out social conservatives aren’t the only group seeking to use state ballot issues to boost voter turnout for like-minded candidates. Last week, a coalition of labor unions led by the AFL-CIO submitted more than 209,000 petition signatures for an initiative to establish Arizona’s first state minimum wage at $6.75 an hour and tie future increases to inflation.

Labor unions and their allies filed more than 209,000 signatures Monday to force a public vote over whether Arizona should have a minimum wage higher than required by federal law.

What do minimum wage, universal health care, the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, labor unions and school vouchers have in common?

A Tucson attorney has started an initiative drive to set a minimum wage for workers in Arizona above the federal standard.

Workers at the bottom of the state’s pay scale will soon be able to afford two more gallons of milk and a loaf of bread a week.

PHOENIX — Arizona workers at the bottom of the pay scale are going to keep getting raises each year to match inflation, at least for the time being.

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The minimum wage in Arizona will go up by a dime with the new year, to $7.35 an hour.

Saying younger workers need jobs, a House panel voted Wednesday to allow Arizona companies to pay them less.

Minimum-wage workers in Arizona are starting the new year with a pay raise.

WASHINGTON - The House voted to raise the federal minimum wage Wednesday for the first time in a decade, to $7.25 an hour, as majority Democrats marched briskly through their 100-hour agenda at the dawn of a new Congress.

A voter-approved state minimum wage law contains no exemption for disabled workers who employers used to be able to pay less, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard concluded Wednesday.