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GRANITE FALLS -- The new Yellow Medicine County administrator will not have to take a pay cut for accepting the job. The Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday to raise the...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with inflation, was suddenly shrunk by a Social Security...

The Pentagon is proposing only a 1 percent salary increase in 2014 for the troops of the United States. This proposed increase would be the lowest increase since 1963, more...

President Barack Obama took a positive step Monday toward addressing the climbing budget deficit with his announcement of a two-year pay freeze for federal employees. The proposed wage freeze would...

WILLMAR -- Minnesota women are moving forward in pay equality but progress is achingly slow, a new report issued by the Women's Foundation of Minnesota has found. Lee Roper-Batker, the...

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: From The Associated Press On congressional pay raises should stop: A bill to once again block an automatic congressional...

LITCHFIELD -- Litchfield school teachers will take a "hard freeze" in pay for the 2009-10 school year. The two-year contract includes a total increase of 3 percent for 2010-11, when...

MONTEVIDEO -- City employees in Montevideo were entitled to a 4 percent pay hike in 2010, but have voluntarily cut their increase in half to help the city cope with...

The U.S. House Wednesday approved legislation targeted to making it harder for Congress to approve tax cuts or new spending programs without figuring out how to pay for it. The...

What is it that congressional lawmakers don't get on the economy? The economy is in the tank, but it is OK for members of Congress to take a raise. It...

LITCHFIELD -- Meeker County is offering a voluntary leave-without-pay program to county employees in hopes of saving some money in the county budget. County Administrator Paul Virnig said Wednesday that...

LITCHFIELD -- Meeker County is offering a voluntary leave-without-pay program to county employees in hopes of saving some money in the county budget. County Administrator Paul Virnig said Wednesday that...

ST. PAUL -- A top state union official leaves the door open for Minnesota officials and union members to negotiate a pay freeze. Eliot Seide, executive director of the American...

There is a growing movement in the U.S House to end automatic congressional pay increases. It is a good idea to consider in our current economic situation. The Stop the...