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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The 2025-26 school year is just around the corner, and one district in the Borderland is going back ...

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

Dr. Wenlin Liu, chief economist with the State of Wyoming Economic Analysis Division, said the makeup of the state’s economy is partially to blame for the wage gap.

A new wage gap study shows that a Black woman working full-time will likely lose more than $1 million over a 40-year career.

Illinois leads the way in highest-paying states for construction The following salaries are cost-adjusted median wage for construction workers in each state, according to the study. Illinois: $79,328 ...

Several new Illinois laws and tax increases take effect on July 1, 2025, including new rules for single-use plastics, a tipped minimum wage increase, and taxes on sports bets, vaping and gas.

During a rally in Chicago, JB Pritzker spoke about how he raised the minimum wage in Illinois while in office. Find out what his role was in raising the wage.

A new academic study has uncovered that some U.S. public companies use loopholes in federal rules to make their CEO-to-worker pay ratios appear more acceptable to shareholders without actually ...

Illinois ranked 48th in change in nonfarm payrolls, 41st in economic activity, and scored poorly for high foreclosure rates and the state’s unemployment rate.

The Brief Women earn 75 cents for every dollar paid to men, with the wage gap widest for women of color, according to a new report. States with the largest wage gaps included Utah, New Hampshire ...