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If passed, HB 1024 would make the Evergreen state the first in the country to pay minimum wage to its incarcerated population.

This year in 23 states and 41 cities. washington state now has the highest state minimum wage, at $15.74, more than double the federal rate. hourly workers in michigan will now earn $10.10, an increase of 23 cents. >> i don't think 23 cents is going to make a difference in the world that we live in nowadays. >> reporter: californians will no longer be ticketed for jaywalking, unless they're in danger of getting hit by a car. voters in colorado approved the legalization of so-called magic mushrooms. they've been legal in oregon since 2020. and starting today, the price of insulin will be capped...

Updatingitz outdated infrastructure in the back end to try to make it so this meltdown could have been avoided in the first place. >> pete muntean, good to have you on the case. thank you so much. well the new year ushering in you some laws that were passed during the mid term elections. so let's see what some of them are. people with nearly half of all states will see a hike in minimum wage. washington state now has the highest, $15.74 an hour. washington, d.c., however, continues to have the overall highest minimum wage for the country, it will hit $17 july 1st. >> a lot of big stuff takin...

Wage going to say the same as 7025 cents an hour for admin goes up to $13.80 an hour. washington $15.74 an hour that is the highest in the nation, doug. >> yes it is interesting because the federal minimum wage not changed into something like 12 years, bryan. many of the states of you just pointed out are considerably higher. but on the flipside there's something like 21 states i believe it is there actually lower than the federal. the federal guarantees a minimum. i think you will see some movement in washington to raise the federal minimum wage a little bit to provide relief in terms of this...

Fuel tank. that's all you see. no one comes out. they have a trap door inside of their vehicle. which is crazy. >> reporter: in atlanta, police arresting this man after allegedly stealing gas from cars. these reports coming as gas prices hit an all-time high. an average of $4.33 per gallon nationally. right now, in california, the highest prices in the country. $5.74 per gallon. while drivers there are feeling the pain -- >> this is ridiculous, crazy. have to put in some extra hours at work. >> reporter: -- the soaring prices are arguably hitting people harder in places like indiana, where wor...