Author: SOPHIE QUINTON Stateline.org

DENVER – Low-wage workers in more than a dozen states – and many more cities – could get unexpectedly large raises next year, thanks to minimum wage increases that will reflect soaring consumer prices. Denver’s minimum wage, which is indexed to consumer prices in the metro area, will increase from $15.87 to $17.29 an hour…

In the past six weeks governors of both parties have approved hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for small businesses, nonprofits and renters struggling through the coronavirus pandemic and recession.  The recent announcements are partly due to a looming deadline: If states don’t allocate federal aid they received in March by the end of…