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Posts tagged Rebuild Illinois
COVID relief is not a shell game
It’s absurd to use stimulus funding to simply pay off debts, for states as well as individual taxpayers
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Federal Reserve, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Susana Mendoza, Joe Biden, Illinois Policy Institute, Rebuild Illinois, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Steve Mnuchin, Rural Broadband
10-point plan for clean energy by 2050
Climate Jobs Illinois calls for solar, wind expansion, Transition Fund for fossil-fuel communities
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Ted CoxIllinois Clean Energy, Climate Jobs Illinois, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Nikki Budzinski, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Exelon, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Future Energy Jobs Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Michael Beeftink, CEJA
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
Almost 30k COVID-19 tests yield new one-day high for cases
Guv urges General Assembly to reconvene, pass state relief package
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Chicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Restore Illinois, Rebuild Illinois, Mitch McConnell, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
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
Beware GOP mailers masquerading as Census
Dems denounce ‘shady tactics’ backing Trump, charge they threaten to undermine accurate Census count
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Ted Cox2020 U.S. Census, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Michael Madigan, Al Riley, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Robin Kelly, Climate Change, J.B. Pritzker, Rebuild Illinois, U.S. Infrastructure, Illinois Infrastructure
A place to hang your hard hat
Prevailing-wage laws boost homeownership for construction workers, pad tax base
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Ted CoxIllinois Construction Workers, Prevailing Wage Laws, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, Illinois Working Families, Jill Gigstad, Rebuild Illinois
State of the State: 'Growing stronger each day'
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, touts achievements, looks ahead to ethics reform, clean energy, lower property taxes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pritzker State of the State, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Childhood Development, CCAP, Bonnie Brackett, Heartland Kids Early Learning Center, Illinois Ethics Reform, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Illinois Property Taxes
Gov. Pritzker: The first year
A balanced bipartisan budget, legal weed, $15 minimum wage, $45B capital plan, RHA, pension consolidation, education funding, fair tax…
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Kelly Cassidy, CCAP, Illinois Teacher Shortage, Donald Trump, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Bill Brady, Reproductive Health Act, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Smoking Age, Illinois Pension Reform, Sterigenics
GOP calls property-tax task force 'woeful failure'
House Minority Leader Durkin admits ‘there’s nothing that they could offer us’ to support Gov. Pritzker’s fair tax
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force, Jim Durkin, Tom Morrison, Deanne Mazzochi, Grant Wehrli, J.B. Pritzker, Sam Yingling, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Education Funding
'What a difference a governor makes'
Pritzker, Lightfoot take office with ambitious progressive agendas as new highs beckon and a record low goes in the books
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kelly Cassidy, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Income Inequality, Gini Index, U.S. News & World Report, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Clean Energy Jobs Act
J.B. claims $40M in fed funds for early childhood
Guv follows through on pledge to make Illinois ‘best state in the nation for families raising young children’
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Farmers hog-tied by bad broadband
United Soybean Board study finds ‘slow, unreliable internet is the norm’
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Ted CoxUnited Soybean Board, Illinois Soybean Association, Rural Broadband, Farm Internet, Steve Pitstick, J.B. Pritzker, John Sullivan, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Capital Bill, Cheri Bustos, Green Rural Partnership
Infrastructure now
Conservatives fret over future taxes, but the current ones are financing $23.5B in critical road, bridge improvements
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Ted CoxRebuild Illinois, Illinois Capital Bill, Center Square, Allen Skillicorn, IDOT, Omer Osman, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, ILEPI, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Ray LaHood, I-80 Des Plaines River Bridge, Todd Maisch, Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Pritzker, Lightfoot tout gains for mass transit
Rebuild Illinois capital plan attacks $30B backlog in repairs, says RTA head Kirk Dillard
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot, Kirk Dillard, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Infrastructure, RTA, CTA, Greg Harris, Dorval Carter, Omer Osman, IDOT
New laws take effect
Gas, cigarette taxes up, as drivers are called on to put down phones and teens to drop butts
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J.B. barnstorms behind capital plan
Rebuild Illinois budgets record $45 billion for statewide infrastructure
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, John Cullerton, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Capital Bill, I-80 Des Plaines River Bridge, Illinois Sports Betting, Illinois Sports Gambling, Don DeWitte, Martin Sandoval, Mark Denzler, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Rebecca Mason, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Michael Carrigan, Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Omer Osman, IDOT
Pritzker, General Assembly 'get this work done'
Budget, capital bill, sports gambling pass after deadline, joining progressive tax, reproductive rights, legal weed
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEA, Kathi Griffin, Andy Manar, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Sports Gambling, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education Association, Rebuild Illinois, Chicago Casino, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois Working Families
