CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn, who has made his push to raise the state’s minimum wage a key component of his re-election campaign, said Sunday he will live on the equivalent of a minimum wage salary for the next week.
Quinn said he plans to spend no more than $79 on food and other expenses — a figure his office says is the estimated amount that someone working full time for the state’s minimum wage of $8.25 an hour has to spend after housing costs, transportation costs and taxes.
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