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    Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs law raising Illinois' minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025

    by Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune Feb 19, 2019 3 minutes

    Low-wage workers across Illinois will ring in 2020 with a $1-per-hour raise after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill that sets the state's minimum wage on a path to reach $15 per hour by 2025.

    Pritzker signed the bill into law Tuesday morning during a ceremony at the Governor's Mansion in Springfield, making Illinois among the first states to approve a minimum wage of $15 per hour, a goal set by the labor-backed Fight for $15 movement. California

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