JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is recommending a 5.5% pay raise and a $15-an-hour minimum wage for state employees. The Republican governor said he wants the pay increase to take effect Feb. 1. It would need approval from the state Legislature when the session begins in January. The pay raise would…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A citizen panel is recommending raises for Missouri elected officials. The Citizens’ Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials this month released a report calling for 8 percent raises in both fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for the governor and other statewide elected officials. The panel also recommended raises of roughly…
CHICAGO (AP) – The hourly minimum wage in suburban Chicago will be increased to $13 in action taken by the Cook County board. Wednesday’s action will gradually raise the minimum wage. The first increase, to $10 an hour, takes effect July 1, 2017. The wage rises to $11 a year later and to $12 in…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has declared that former Gov. Pat Quinn was correct in 2011 when he denied state workers a promised 2 percent pay raise because lawmakers had not appropriated the money. The court determined on a 6-1 vote that the state’s contract with 30,000 members of the American Federation…