Salaries for around 600 high-ranking state officials, including judges and Cabinet officers, would increase significantly under a bill moving in the Senate.
A recent study at the University of California, Berkeley ranked New Jersey sixth among all states in the median hourly wages of both preschool and kindergarten teachers, but 13th for the child care workers who look after kids younger than school age.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to make changes to how it pays and trains U.S. hourly workers as the embattled retailer tries to reshape the image that its stores offer dead-end jobs.