Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post on the social platform X, said he ordered the “foreign trade minister to raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%.” “American products whose price…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Board of Education members for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal that would increase thousands of employees’ compensation to at least $20 per hour.

Spain will raise the minimum wage by 4.4% in 2025, according to Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz. The government reached an agreement with unions to increase the minimum monthly salary to €1,184 ($1,235), Diaz said in a post on social media platform Bluesky. The initiative adds €50 a month to the minimum wage established last year.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education approved a new pay schedule for staff that will raise the district’s minimum wage to $20 per hour.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education leaders voted to to raise the district's minimum wage for staff. With the board's approval on Tuesday, some of the changes will start in February. The vote comes after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district worked with the firm Hurd Isenhour Lopes (HIL) Consultants in fall of 2023,