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Posts tagged George W. Bush
Trump provides record aid to farmers
$46 billion in direct payments almost doubles previous record set in 2005
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Ted CoxU.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, USDA, George W. Bush, Farm Bill, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Joe Janzen, Nick Paulson
Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan
Health-care workers, long-term-care residents to get shots first, with focus on 50 counties with top death rates
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine, Pfizer, Moderna, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Planned Parenthood lauds Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Brigid Leahy of Planned Parenthood Illinois Action analyzes her legacy and commits to protect it
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Ted CoxRuth Bader Ginsburg, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Brigid Leahy, J.B. Pritzker, Reproductive Health Act, Title X, Title X Gag Rule, Donald Trump, Roe v. Wade, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Women's Rights Project, U.S. Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Thurgood Marshall, Antonin Scalia, George W. Bush, Mitch McConnell, Merrick Garland
House committee releases comprehensive plan to solve climate crisis
Rep. Casten calls it ‘a roadmap to turn this ship around’
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Nancy Pelosi, Kathy Castor, Sean Casten, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Al Gore
Trump official throws up hands on student loans
Departing A. Wayne Johnson says it’s time to ‘stop the insanity’ on ‘fundamentally broken’ system
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Ted CoxStudent Loans, Student Debt, A. Wayne Johnson, Betsy DeVos, U.S. Department of Education, Student Loan Forgiveness, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, George W. Bush, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, Frank Manzo IV, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders
Pritzker appoints LaHood to head Lincoln Library
Former Republican congressman chosen to smooth over turmoil
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Ray LaHood, Bruce Rauner, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, Darin LaHood, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Alan Lowe, George W. Bush, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Joan Brodsky, Gary Johnson, Eunice Santos, Kathryn Harris, John Symon, Blair Kamin, Steve Neal
Student loans prey on minority students
College students of color are more likely to borrow and to borrow more, while making less after graduation
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Ted CoxStudent Loans, Student Debt, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Robert Smith, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Working Families