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Minimum Wage Hike a No-Go for Veto Session

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House Speaker Michael Madigan's spokesman says Madigan does not plan to call a vote on a proposed increase in Illinois' minimum wage this legislative session.

Spokesman Steve Brown said Tuesday the Chicago Democrat felt "complications of the last few days made it unlikely a bill could be passed during this General Assembly.''

The decision likely means the wage hike issue will be put on hold until next year.        

A Democratic senator was pushing a proposal to increase the $8.25-per-hour wage to $11. Kimberly Lightford said earlier Tuesday she modified a proposal it to accommodate business concerns. But House leadership said they didn't have the support to pass it.  

The city of Chicago earlier in the day passed a minimum wage hike to $13 an hour by 2019. 

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