Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

Millions of workers across the country are starting the new year off with a raise. Here's which states are boosting their ...

Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.

The minimum wage in Illinois has increased to $15 an hour as of Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the ...

At least 293 new laws went into effect in Illinois at the start of 2025. Here are some that every state resident should know.

Hundreds of new laws take effect in 2025, impacting the minimum wage and how Illinoisans can get IDs, cancel their gym memberships, manage subscription renewals, clear their criminal records, use ...

Minimum wages increased in 21 states on Jan. 1, and more hikes are expected later in the year. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, a rate last adjusted in July 2009. However, states ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, all minimum wage employees in California - excluding fast food employers and certain healthcare ...

Two young children where found unsupervised after a wellbeing check Monday night in the River North neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 12:50 p.m., officers conducting a wellbeing check after ...

The move marks the seventh and final hike of the state's minimum wage, as part of legislation Gov. JB Pritzker signed in 2019 ...

The state's minimum wage is now $14.01, and the fees to register electric vehicles rose to $89. Roy Wood Jr. Turns Down Andy ...

Reports indicate that 21 states have raised the minimum wages in January 2025, and the change is expected to help over 9 ...