For now, though, Josh Hawley’s pro-worker GOP looks like a party of one. Joel Mathis is a regular Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle Opinion correspondent. He lives in Lawrence.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) introduced a bill Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vermont) to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, making him one of the few Republicans to ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley, R – Missouri, announced his plan to require companies to pay their employees $15 per hour if they make $1 billion or more in revenue. “For decades, … ...

WASHINGTON - Ultraconservative Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill on June 10 with Democratic Vermont Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, making him one of ...

The newest example is Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, who is in cahoots with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, in proposing legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has a new "minimum wage" pitch, just in time to help gloss over his support for the January 6 insurrection. The senator's so-called "Blue-Collar Bonus" is being ...

Senator Josh Hawley speaks during a hearing on February 23 in Washington, D.C. He said this week he will propose a plan to increase the minimum wage for low-earning workers.

Topline Amid a bitter fight on Capitol Hill over a Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Friday said he plans to introduce ...

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, which hasn't changed since 2009. "For decades, working Americans have seen their wages flatline," Hawley said in a statement.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would take effect next year and include automatic increases to match inflation over time.