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Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget Friday that provides pay raises of $4,000 to $6,000 for law enforcement officers and $2,000 increases for other state workers ...
Public school teachers would get a $2,500 raise starting July 1, boosting average teacher pay in Georgia above $65,000 annually, as the Republican governor proposed in January. That is in addition ...
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above.
In the United States, different states are able to set their own minimum wages independent of the federal government. When the state and federal minimum wage differ, the higher wage prevails. As of August 2022, 30 states had a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum. [10] Washington, D.C. has the highest minimum wage at $17.50 per hour. [1]
September 4 – 2024 Apalachee High School shooting: Four people are killed and nine people are wounded in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder. [ 8 ] September 27 – At least 25 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are reported to be without power due to high winds and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia.
The new wage base limit, which will be in effect in 2025, is $176,100, up from the $168,600 limit in 2024. This means more income of some workers will be subject to Social Security payroll taxes.
The first federal minimum wage was created as part of the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but declared unconstitutional. In 1938 the Fair Labor Standards Act established it at $0.25 an hour ($5.19 in 2022 dollars).
MCSD’s graduation rate has improved from 72.8% in 2013 to 93.5% in 2023, the 11 th consecutive year outperforming the state average and the ninth consecutive year outperforming the national average.