minimum wage

Illinois Senators recently approved a plan that would eventually raise the state minimum wage to $15-per-hour.Illinois House Republicans fear the increase…

Illinois lawmakers may be slowing the process to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. The proposal was expected to be called for a vote and...

Nowhere in the United States can a person working full time at minimum wage afford a simple two-bedroom apartment. While that is a problem in itself, it…

Illinois's fight for a $15 an hour minimum wage hit a roadblock last Friday after Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the bill that would make it happen.The Illinois…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed a plan to increase Illinois' minimum wage to $15 over five years.The state's minimum wage is $8.25. The proposal would raise…

Rental housing costs vary across the state, but there is no place where it's affordable to someone earning the minimum wage of $8.25 an hour.Bob Palmer,…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner expressed his reservations about two recent state bills. One would raise the state's minimum wage; the other would allow…

The Illinois House has approved a proposal that would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour over five years.House lawmakers voted 61 to 53…

The minimum wage in Illinois has stayed at $8.25 an hour since 2011, but a bill working its way through the legislature aims to raise it gradually to help…

A new proposal from Illinois Democrats would raise the state’s minimum wage from the current $8.25 to 15 dollars per hour over five years.Illinois voters…