The biggest issue hanging over Illinois lawmakers in a final three-day veto session this week is whether they can muster the votes to approve a minimum wage hike - an uphill climb that proponents are continuing to pursue amid behind-the-scenes maneuvering in both Springfield and Chicago.

 

Passing the increase would be a capstone on Gov. Pat Quinn's decades long political career, and Chicago officials are expediting an attempt to raise the city's wage in anticipation of action at the Capitol.  With Quinn's political capitol waning in his final days in office, the statewide bill's fate rests in the hands fellow Democratic leaders with big majorities but their own agendas.

 

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