Vote postponed on bill to raise Illinois minimum wage  A
committee vote on a proposal to make the state’s minimum wage
the highest in the nation is postponed until late May.  The
Senate Executive Committee is considering a proposal that would
boost Illinois’ minimum wage from $8.25 per hour to $10.03 per
hour.  If the bill gets out of committee, it must then pass
votes in the senate and house.  Passage would mean a big wage
hike for more than a million workers who make minimum wage in
Illinois right now.  The national minimum wage is the same as
Iowa’s, $7.25 per hour.    The last minimum wage increase in
Illinois happened in July 2010.  The bill was scheduled for a
third reading in a committee hearing May 16.  The new deadline
for the third reading was set for May 25.  The bill that would
increase the Illinois minimum wage is Senate Bill 1565.  Follow
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