EconomyFinding
Illinois should keep its $15 an hour minimum wage for adult workers.
Illinois raised its minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour in 2025. Keeping it would leave that rate in place rather than lowering it.
JB Pritzker
raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour fulfills that promise to our working families
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