Heather Cox Richardson: “Illinois has raised the minimum wage.”

“To be standing on the side of working people. That's the whole reason that I ran for office in the first place. Well, well, so let's also add in there. Illinois has raised the minimum wage. right? That's right. Thank you. That's probably the most important, like affordability measure. But, you know, helping people, you know, Deal with inflation is, how about if we raise wages in the state?” (14:10–14:13)

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