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Senate Education Committee votes to increase statewide teacher minimum wage

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

The minimum wage for Illinois teachers has been stagnant for nearly 40 years, but a bill which passed the state Senate’s education committee Tuesday would give it a big bump. The bill would raise the minimum wage to $40,000 annually by the 2023-2024 school year.

Senate Labor Committee discusses path to $15 minimum wage

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Divisions between business and labor interests were on display Wednesday at the Illinois Senate Labor Committee’s hearing on raising the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $15 per hour over an undefined period of years.

House Rules Committee to maintain power in legislative process

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The five-member Illinois House Rules Committee will maintain its power over the legislative process for the 101st General Assembly despite objections from Republican members of the committee this...

Education Committee votes to reinstate classroom time mandate

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

There was general agreement at the Senate Education Committee meeting Tuesday that the definition of a “school day” is changing, but the committee voted unanimously to reinstate an old...

Pritzker issues disaster proclamation as temperatures plummet

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

As much of the state braces for brutally cold weather over the next few days, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation today to make a wide variety of state resources available to help...

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Senate Education Committee votes to increase statewide teacher minimum wage

Senate Labor Committee discusses path to $15 minimum wage

House Rules Committee to maintain power in legislative process

Education Committee votes to reinstate classroom time mandate

Pritzker issues disaster proclamation as temperatures plummet