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Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« on: February 03, 2019, 04:31:14 pm »
 Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
Posted By Greg Bishop - Watchdog.org On February 2, 2019 @ 4:55 am In Issues | No Comments
J.B. Pritzker   

The Illinois Legislature starts in earnest Tuesday and with Democratic supermajorities in both chambers and a Democrat in the executive office, they’ll have to shore up a budget while moving forward with progressive agenda including raising the state's minimum wage.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that he will be looking for new revenue streams to help "dig out" of the state’s financial mess, but two income sources he’s looking at may not materialize by budget time.

The task is to balance an already unbalanced budget with big asks from higher education and K-12 schools plus the raises Pritzker promised to thousands of state employees. The raises could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The governor's office hasn't released a price tag for the total cost and was still in the process of calculating the cost when Pritzker announced the pay bumps. Illinois' public colleges and universities want about $300 million more than last year and K-12 schools have asked for billions more.
 

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Re: Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2019, 11:38:17 pm »
It's Illinois.
They're beyond help, they will never "get it right" again, and nobody cares (except those unfortunate enough to live there)...
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Re: Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2019, 12:38:18 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on February 03, 2019, 11:38:17 pm
It's Illinois.
They're beyond help, they will never "get it right" again, and nobody cares (except those unfortunate enough to live there)...
Forget it Jake...it's Illinois.
« Last Edit: February 04, 2019, 12:39:50 am by goatprairie »
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Re: Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2019, 01:31:14 am »
I hope they raise it to $100/hr.
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Re: Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2019, 02:30:37 am »
PA governor pushing for a raise in the minimum wage too.   I'd like to hope that with Republican dominance in both houses of the legislature, it won't pass.  But in this state, Republicans are just as bad as the Democrats.
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Re: Democrats Make Raising State’s Minimum Wage a Top Priority
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2019, 03:18:12 am »
Radicals are disgracing blue states, the danger is, more states could go blue. It's like we are in the fight for our lives.
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