Emanuel task force: Raise Chicago minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2018, By Hal Dardick and Alejandra Cancino, July 7, 2014, Chicago Tribune: “Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s task force recommended Monday that Chicago’s minimum wage be ramped up to $13 an hour by 2018, an idea that comes as City Hall faces pressure to act on the issue while Democrats nationally try to make income disparity a campaign theme this fall. But the panel also suggested that the Chicago City Council should put off a vote to raise the current $8.25 an hour minimum wage until after state lawmakers tackle the matter in the two months following the Nov. 4 election. The task force members don’t want to deter the General Assembly from approving a statewide wage hike because Chicago already has increased its minimum wage, said 4th Ward Ald. Will Burns. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty