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Sexual harassment at the Capitol, workers' rights and student loans — a look at recent action in the state legislature.An open letter alleging rampant…
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A bill in Springfield seeks to ease the gender pay gap.Editor's note: UPDATE — The spring legislative session ended without lawmakers agreeing on a budget…
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The Illinois House has approved a plan to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 an hour. But it faces an uphill climb to become law.A higher minimum wage…
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A bill in Springfield seeks to ease the gender pay gap.Palos Heights native Kendall Coyne, an Olympic silver-medalist in the 2014 Sochi Winter Games and a…
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Nearly half of Illinois children in households headed by single women live in poverty — compared with just over a quarter of children in households headed…
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Small-business owners are giving mixed reviews regarding the latest Senate proposal designed to slowly raise the minimum wage and cushion payroll costs.…
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This week, discussion of Governor Bruce Rauner's first State of the State address.
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A day after Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed a seven year time frame to bring Illinois' minimum wage to $10 an hour. The Illinois Senate approved a plan that…
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The state's business organizations are making sure lawmakers know they are opposed to a hike in minimum wage (Lawmakers probably probably knew where the…