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A grassroots Peoria group is calling to raise the state’s minimum wage to $13 per hour. Members of ‘Fight For A Living Wage Peoria’ protested the current…
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Illinois lawmakers are considering raising the state's minimum wage to ten dollars, and Chicago could raise it higher still. IPR’s Amanda Vinicky surveys…
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An economist predicts raising the minimum wage in Illinois would hurt job growth. Illinois’ current minimum wage of 8-25 an hour is already a dollar more…
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As legislators who'll have to vote on a minimum wage increase began debating the issue in Springfield, Governor Pat Quinn was in Chicago promoting it.…
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The battle over raising the minimum wage got lot louder Wednesday. Several hundred minimum wage workers and union members rallied in the Capitol. "We…
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A plan to increase prison time for gun crimes hit a brick wall today in the Illinois Capitol. Opponents of the measure used a parliamentary procedure to…