Over 9.2 million workers across the U.S. will see their paychecks grow as the minimum wage rises in 21 states. The change — ...

Generating Everlit Embed With the calendar’s turn to 2025, a number of new laws and changes have taken effect, both across ...

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

The United Way of Northwest Illinois has announced that Stephenson County has been awarded nearly $21,000 in Federal funds ...

Once ranked tops in the country for entry level wage growth over inflation, in 1935, Illinois has fallen to No. 39 compared ...

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

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, three states — Delaware, Illinois, and Rhode Island — joined the group of states with a $15 minimum wage, thanks to ballot initiatives approved by voters and later ...

All the way back in 1935, 3 years before the federal minimum wage was introduced, Illinois was ranked as one of the top places to work as an entry-level employee, according to BrilliantMaps.

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 ...

Even with the state's non-tipped minimum wage increasing to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, Ford said there is still more work to do if Illinois is to have any chance of curbing a trend that has seen it ...

On January 1st, the minimum wage in Illinois increased from $14 to $15. For tipped workers, it went from $8.40 to $9.For ...