SPRINGFIELD, IL- (Cole Laterback, Illinois News Network. Please click on the link above for the full story. Here is an excerpt.)
Gov. Bruce Rauner has received a bill that would set a $15 minimum wage in Illinois, tying the Prairie State for the highest rate in the nation.
Just days before Cook County’s minimum wage hike to $10 an hour is set to take place, Democrats in the General Assembly set legislation on Rauner’s desk that would raise the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. According to the department of Labor, $15 an hour in 2022 would tie California and New York for the highest minimum wages in the nation.
David Borris, the owner of Hel’s Kitchen Catering in suburban Northbrook, says low minimum wages end up hurting taxpayers in the long run because workers rely on government subsidies rather than solely on their paychecks.
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