SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Minimum wage in Illinois will be raised for the second time this year to $10 per hour beginning on July 1. Minimum wage was raised to $9.25 on January 1. The Illinois ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Illinois Senate has approved increasing the state's minimum wage to $15 over six years. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 39-18 Thursday on a largely party-line ...

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying less than the minimum wage to workers with disabilities. The bill applies to businesses and ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The minimum-wage increase that went into effect in ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate endorsed a plan Tuesday to ask voters if they support raising the minimum wage. On a 39-17 vote, the Senate forwarded the nonbinding referendum to Gov. Pat Quinn's ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois voters could get a chance to weigh in this fall on the national debate over raising the minimum wage. In an election-year gambit that could rev up the Democratic base, House ...

Erin Compton, a disability rights advocate, celebrates the signing of the Illinois Dignity in Pay Act as state governor J.B. Pritzker looks on. (screenshot, Courthouse News via the Office of Illinois ...