The minimum wage in Illinois has increased to $15 an hour as of Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the ...

The move marks the seventh and final hike of the state's minimum wage, as part of legislation Gov. JB Pritzker signed in 2019 ...

Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However, states ...

Workers across 21 states welcomed the new year by seeing their hourly minimum wages rise. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his ...

Some 300 new state laws take effect Jan. 1 covering everything from road safety to artificial intelligence, most of them passed during a two-year legislative term that enters its final days when ...

(CNN) — January 1 not only ushered in 2025 but a slew of new laws. In 2024, states tackled issues ranging from abortion rights to gender-affirming care for minors, advancing legislation to take ...

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his presidential campaign, President Biden pledged to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an ...

The left-leaning think tank argues that the minimum wage is a “powerful tool for combating racial and gender wage disparities ...

Illinois ranked near the bottom of the nation when it comes to wages for entry-level workers in 2024, according to ...

The statewide minimum wage will increase ... in recent years in Illinois, particularly in Chicago. In 2022, for example, there were 38,649 thefts statewide, an increase of more than 10,000 cases ...