The study found that, even with the same college degree, students from low-income families earn less than those from middle ...

Can you afford rent in Illinois? What about Rockford, Peoria or Springfield? Here are the highlights of the 2025 "Out of ...

A new report finds Illinois renters must earn nearly double minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment.

In several states, a renter must earn $20 or more per hour to afford apartments being leased at Fair Market Value. Nearly half of Americans don't make enough money to afford a one-bedroom rental.

In the Quad-Cities, a woman working full time makes 72 cents for every dollar earned by a man. The gender pay gap is larger in the Quad-Cities than it is in 48 states, including Iowa and Illinois ...

The wage gap represents the unfair divergence between the pay of different groups of people, often by demographic characteristics. Overall, Asian workers have the highest median weekly income ...

A new report reveals the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest apartment in each U.S. state, and the ...

Illinois job creators are speaking with one voice: Adverse consequences from hiking Illinois’ minimum wage will far outweigh the alleged benefits that some are trying to accomplish in Springfield.

Although Illinois' minimum wage went up from $14 to $15 per hour on Jan. 1, the city of Chicago’s minimum wage for companies goes into effect on July 1 each year.

In several states, a renter has to make $20 or more an hour to afford apartments being leased at Fair Market Value. Nearly ...