With its minimum wage frozen at $7.25 since 2009, Wisconsin lags most states, shrinking the buying power of the lowest-wage workers while fueling debate over economic trade-offs.

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(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has reappointed Ann McIntyre to continue serving as inspector general for the ...

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s proposal for a new federal minimum wage diverged significantly from U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and ...

Advocate Health is setting a systemwide minimum starting wage of $18.85 an hour as health systems nationwide struggle with staffing shortages and worker burnout.

With U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi giving up his seat in the House to run for the Senate, voters in Illinois' 8th ...

The Illinois Department of Labor filed a complaint against Gino and Marty’s in which it says the now-shuttered restaurant ...

With U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin retiring at the end of his term, Illinois voters face a crowded ballot in the bid to fill a seat Durbin has held since 1997.

The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.

Iowa hasn't raised its minimum wage since 2008. It's the same as the federal minimum wage at $7.25 an hour. Besides Wisconsin, which shares the same federal minimum wage, that's lower than every state ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is continuing to push a plan he introduced two years ago to reform Illinois pensions.

In an hourlong debate hosted by ABC-7 Chicago in partnership with Univision and the League of Women Voters, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton pitched ...