A new study co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher who studies labor issues affecting low-wage workers finds pervasive underemployment among low-paid part-time…
SPRINGFIELD — When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect. Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020,…
SUMMER EVENTS: Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday, April 9, one month since he issued a state of emergency, it is “unlikely” his stay-at-home order can be lifted safely before April…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers are looking to phase out a system which allows certain employers to pay disabled persons far less than the statutory minimum wage that applies to…
An estimated 1.4 million Illinois workers are on the verge of a pay hike — a pay hike nearly nine years in the making. A proposal to increase the state’s minimum wage now…
Illinois’ minimum wage will make its second increase this year to $10 per hour beginning July 1. The Illinois Department of Labor urges minimum wage earners to make sure their…
SPRINGFIELD — The state’s minimum wage will increase by $1 hourly, recreational marijuana will go on sale to those over 21 years of age, and some state taxes and licensing fees…
Illinois is just a signature away from a $15-per-hour minimum wage. With state House passage of the proposal on Thursday and the measure already clearing the state Senate, the legislation…
Food pantry opens its ...
A new food pantry launched in Zion and its soft opening was ...
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Horseracing returns to Arlington ...
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Pritzker says state ‘in ...
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday, May 3 the state could ...
