Ninth Circuit Takes Up Biden’s $15 Wage for Federal Contractors

A federal appeals court in San Francisco will hear a group of Republican-led states’ arguments to block a regulation raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15, one of President Joe Biden’s earliest actions in office.

A decision in favor of Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, and South Carolina would threaten to derail one of Biden’s biggest wins for workers, and land just as he runs for reelection to the White House.

The case scheduled for oral arguments Feb. 6 at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is one of three lawsuits challenging the new wage for ...