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 ...

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 ...

The Illinois minimum wage was officially raised to $7.50 per hour on Monday, when Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the increase into law in Chicago. Come July 1, Illinois workers will benefit from the ...

Workers employed at Illinois businesses outside of Cook County must be paid at least $11 per hour beginning Friday, the first day of the new year. The pay hike is required by a 2019 Illinois law, ...

BLOOMINGTON — Central Illinois business owners already struggling during the coronavirus pandemic now find themselves navigating a third minimum wage increase in just 12 months. The new wage rate, ...

When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you ...