The Illinois Senate passed a bill last month to raise Illinois’s minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2019, which Tristan Coughlin, assistant professor of economics, said would be a step in the right direction. He...

Drivers across the U.S. will be able to watch the national average price of gas fall below $3 for the first time since February 2010, which Professor of Economics Christopher Marme said is due to technology...