CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued the following statement yesterday after the Illinois State Senate Executive Committee passed legislation that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $11 and maintain the Mayor’s plan to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 by 2019.
“I strongly support this bill, because no one who works should ever struggle to reach the middle class or be forced to raise a child in poverty,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Just as…






