Posts tagged Coronavirus Stimulus
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief

Coalition of workforce, community groups seeks cash stimulus, unemployment extension, expansion of food stamps

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities, Economic Security for Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Women Employed, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, CARES Act, Heroes Act, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Illinois Working Families, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Poverty, hunger on the rise
Poverty, hunger on the rise

Study blames end of $1,200 stimulus payments, extra $600 for unemployment in COVID relief

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago, James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Jeehoon Han, Zhejiang University, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment, Joe Biden, Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
The makers are the takers
The makers are the takers

When it comes to tax policy, the wealthy make the political rules and pocket the spoils

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Ted CoxU.S. Tax Policy, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Cindy Neal, National Federation of Independent Business, J.B. Pritzker, Fair Tax Amendment, Ronald Reagan, Trump Tax Cuts, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, The Triumph of Injustice, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Cal Berekeley, CARES Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Paycheck Protection Program, Associated Press
COVID-19 damage control requires fair tax
COVID-19 damage control requires fair tax

The progress already made in statewide education is jeopardized by lost revenue in economic collapse

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Ted CoxCoronavirus Relief, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, Illinois COVID-19, Gillespie High School, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Evidence-Based School Funding, Andy Manar, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, UIUC, Illinois State University
No way out
No way out

Fiscal conservatives back bailouts for oil, aviation, banks, hedge funds, but when it comes to aid for states the well is dry

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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Frank Manzo IV, Jill Gigstad, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19 Relief, Carol Knowles, Mitch McConnell, Rebuild Illinois, Bruce Rauner
Sen. Stadelman renews call for work-share
Sen. Stadelman renews call for work-share

Lead sponsor of neglected unemployment law says it’s made for coronavirus economic crisis

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Steve Stadelman, Work-Share Programs, IDES, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UIUC
Fair tax: Good for what ails state in pandemic
Fair tax: Good for what ails state in pandemic

Rich corporations snatching up coronavirus relief funds suddenly turn green in the face when it comes time to pay something back

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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Donald Trump, Ralph Martire, Abbott Laboratories, Thermo Fisher Scientific, John Tillman, Eric Zorn, Mitch McConnell, Don Harmon, Illinois Pensions