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Posts tagged Susana Mendoza
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
Daily Debunk: Who pays?
Rather than pay their share under the Fair Tax, the wealthy are trying to make everyone pay more
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Daily Debunk: A matter of trust
Comptroller Mendoza says if we can’t trust government, ‘we should trust what’s in the best interest of our own wallet’
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Susana Mendoza, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Kenneth Griffin, Citadel Investments
Daily Debunk: The desperation stage
Billionaire Griffin spends $27M more to defeat Fair Tax Amendment, as IPI files 11th-hour nuisance suit
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Ted CoxDaily Debunk, Kenneth Griffin, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Illinois State Board of Elections, Daniel Biss, Quentin Fulks, Vote Yes for Fair Tax, Vote Yes for Fairness, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Illinois Policy Institute, John Tillman, Jesse White, Susana Mendoza, John Bouman
Coronavirus crisis puts state billions in the red
Pritzker calls for additional federal aid, says fair tax is needed ‘now more than ever’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Dan Hynes, Michael Frerichs, Susana Mendoza, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Budget
Analysis: 'Scare tax' is right's new boogeyman
Anti-taxers keep imagining nightmare scenarios in attempt to defeat Pritzker ‘fair tax’
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Ted CoxPritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Center Square Illinois, Illinois State Universities, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Susana Mendoza
Human services still on life support
Comptroller Mendoza says, on long-term costs, funding is not just a moral issue but a common-sense fiscal issue
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Ted CoxSusana Mendoza, Illinois Human Services, Illinois Social Services, Andrea Durbin, Lauren Wright, Illinois Collaboration on Youth, Illinois Partners for Human Services, City Club of Chicago, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Bill Backlog, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax
IPI head files 'garbage' suit on bonds
‘This lawsuit is not worth the paper it’s written on,’ says Pritzker spokeswoman
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Chicago election post mortem: In battle of progressives, reformer won
It was Lightfoot’s ‘reform vs. experience,’ says Dick Simpson, and ‘the voters weren’t buying it’ from Preckwinkle
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Dick Simpson, Constance Mixon, Melissa Mouritsen, Chicago Mayor Election 2019, University of Illinois at Chicago, Elmhurst College, College of DuPage, Bill Daley, Edward Burke, Joe Berrios, Rahm Emanuel, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Susana Mendoza
Progressive cage match!
Chicago will get its first African-American woman mayor as runoff pits Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle
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Ted CoxChicago Mayor Election 2019, Chicago Mayor Election, Chicago Municipal Election, Jim Allen, Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Richard M. Daley, Lori Lightfoot, Toni Preckwinkle, Bill Daley, Willie Wilson, Susana Mendoza, Amara Enyia, Jerry Joyce, Gery Chico, Paul Vallas, Garry McCarthy, La Shawn Ford, Bob Fioretti, John Kozlar, Neal Sales-Griffin, Ameya Pawar, Anna Valencia, Anna Conyears-Ervin, Melissa Conyears-Ervin
Pritzker surveys 'Rauner Wreckage'
New report finds Illinois ‘Digging Out’ from $3.2B debt, $500M worse than Rauner estimated
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Susana Mendoza, Roberta Lynch, AFSCME Council 31, Janus v. AFSCME, Illinois Budget, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Dan Hynes
Pritzker takes oath as 43rd governor: New video!
Governor sets ambitious agenda with attitude that ‘a commitment to be kind in politics can change the world’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Susana Mendoza, Greg Harris, Minimum Wage, Education, Education Funding, Illinois Education, Pre-K, Illinois Pensions, Great Chicago Fire, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, $15 Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage
Reform for Illinois: New name, same great organization
Progressive group builds on its Illinois Sunshine initiative on campaign contributions to revive statewide interest in democracy
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Ted CoxReform for Illinois, Illinois Sunshine, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Paul Simon, Bob Kustra, Mary Miro, Cynthia Canary, David Melton, Illinois State Board of Elections, Campaign Contributions, Donald Trump, Gerrymandering, Ballot Access, Chicago Municipal Election, Michael Bloomberg, Me Too, Sexual Harassment, Melinda Bush, Carol Ammons, Susana Mendoza, McCain-Feingold, Citizens United
Lame-duck guv fritters millions in legal fees
Public workers’ union cites $6 million paid to law firm as governor pursues losing suits including FOIA battle with One Illinois
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Rauner drags feet on union raises
Comptroller Mendoza joins labor leader in call for governor to obey Oct. 1 deadline
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Susana Mendoza, Roberta Lynch, AFSCME Council 31, Brittany Adams, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Unions, Illinois Public Unions, Elizabeth Tomev
Rauner and the public's right to know
State withheld information on health crises at Sterigenics and Quincy Veterans Home
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Equality key to fighting sexual harassment
New report calls on political parties to lead by example in changing Springfield culture
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Susana Mendoza, Melinda Bush, Carol Ammons, Illinois Politics, Illinois Democratic Party, Illinois Republican Party, Brett Kavanaugh, Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas
