CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement on the Illinois Senate Executive Committee’s passage of a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour next year, then to $10.50 per hour in 2016 and $11 per hour in 2017:
“In the November election, people across our state overwhelmingly voiced their support for raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour.
“I commend Senator Kim Lightford and the…
