2017-04-16: The Illinois Green Party Coordinating Committee endorsed the Illinois General Assembly Minimum Wage Increase Bill (HB198). This bill calls for raising the Illinois minimum wage to $9 per hour in 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2018 and then $10 in 2019, $11.25 in 2020, $13 in 2021 and $15 in 2021.
