A higher minimum wage has combined with the usual seasonal factors to put some businesses in a very hard spot.

SEATTLE – Seattle’s lowest-paid workers will be ringing in the new year with a raise. Minimum wage in the city will rise to $20.76 per hour beginning midnight on New Year’s Day, one of the ...

closed its doors just days after Seattle's new minimum wage of $20.76 per hour took effect Wednesday. Bebop is one of several businesses in Seattle facing closure or financial strain as the city ...

Seattle’s minimum wage rose on Jan. 1 from $19.97 per hour to $20.76, as stated in an ordinance from the City of Seattle. The new hourly wage is $4 higher than the state of Washington’s new ...

Seattle's minimum wage increased to $20.76 per hour on Wednesday, and at least one business has already closed because of it. Seattle adopted the Minimum Wage Ordinance in June 2014, amending the ...

The owner of a popular waffle shop in West Seattle said she had no choice but to shut down her business after the city’s new minimum wage law went into effect on New Year’s Day — hiking ...

The ordinance has increased minimum wage in unincorporated King County to $20.29 an hour, but there are exceptions based on ...

The new year will come with extra money as Seattle’s minimum wage rises Wednesday, as stated by the city of Seattle. Starting January 1, Seattle is raising the minimum wage from $19.97/hour to $ ...

This week, Seattle’s minimum wage requirement increased by 79 cents from last year. The new wage of $20.76 per hour is one of the highest in the country. The owner of Bebop Waffle Shop told us ...

SEATTLE — Seattle's latest minimum wage increase proved to be the final straw for one restaurant owner, who decided she was better off closing her doors for good. For the past decade ...

A business owner in West Seattle lamented that the closure of her business due to the rising minimum wage means the loss of a place where locals could safely gather. Nearly half the states in the ...

Bebop Waffle Shop closed its doors for good on Monday after a new minimum wage hike made operating costs unsustainable. Corina Luckenbach, the owner of a West Seattle waffle shop, lamented that ...