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

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

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

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 ...

Twenty-one states and 48 local jurisdictions rang in the new year with an increase to the minimum wage on Jan. 1, according ...

Millions of workers across the country are starting the new year off with a raise. Here's which states are boosting their ...

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

Since 2009, when the minimum wage was last raised, prices have increased around 40%. High costs are top of mind and Johnson ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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