– The Wall Street Journal

California’s wage floor hurt hours and reliable schedules, a study says.

– Bloomberg

U.S. restaurants, faced with higher food and labor costs, are raising menu prices at a much faster pace than historical rates, insistent on preserving profits after an arduous year.

– The Brookings Institution

Using data on hundreds of thousands of real workers’ occupational transitions, a report from the The Brookings Institution uses network analysis to create a multidimensional map of the labor market, revealing a landscape riddled with mobility gaps and barriers.

– The New York Times

Progressives cheered the results in down-ballot races and in Buffalo, even as the outcome of the mayoral primary appeared less rosy.