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

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, three states — Delaware, Illinois ... The other states with minimum wage increases put into effect by their own residents were New York, which now has a $15.50 hourly ...

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 ...

And Tong looks at new laws taking effect in Washington state, including an increase in the minimum wage. He speaks with Austin Jenkins, a staff writer for Pluribus News, which covers policy trends in ...

The Illinois Restaurant Association and some Chicago restaurant owners, as well as servers, have said the city’s new tipped minimum wage rate hurts them. They contend that restaurants will have ...

(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 ...

Illinois minimum wage is increasing on January, 1 st. Workers on hourly pay will see roughly a dollar increase, going from ...