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Posts tagged Will Guzzardi
Trib: Don't blame us for Fair Tax flop
After egging on Republican anti-taxers, newspaper edit board insists voters alone sank graduated income tax
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Politics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Government Finance Research Center, Illinois Flat Tax, Will Guzzardi, Joe Biden, Dick Tuck, Bill Brady, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Jim Durkin, Christopher Mooney, Bruce Rauner, Denny Jacobs
Communication breakdown
Rep. Guzzardi says Fair Tax proponents didn’t articulate need for revenue and how it would ‘help people’s lives’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Fair Tax Amendment, Political Divide, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rich Miller, Dick Durbin, Capitol Fax, Illinois Political Divide, Kenneth Griffin, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery
California dreaming — of lower drug prices
Gov. Newsom exerts ‘our market power and our moral power’ to undercut Big Pharma
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Pritzker signs insulin cost cap into law
New law takes effect next year, sets insulin price at $100 a month
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Tax flight: Myth versus reality
Anti-taxers say the fair tax will prompt rich residents to flee state, but two studies find that prediction patently unfair
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, J.B. Pritzker, American Sociological Association, Illinois Population Loss, Tax Flight, Justin Fox, Will Guzzardi, Chuck Weaver, BGA, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Bill capping insulin costs at $100 a month heads to governor
Sponsors Sen. Manar, Rep. Guzzardi applaud move to control costs
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Ted CoxAndy Manar, Will Guzzardi, William McNary, Illinois Insulin, Illinois Diabetics, Insulin Costs, Insulin Cap, Insulin Prices, J.B. Pritzker, Dick Durbin
Durbin takes shot at insulin price gouging
Senator submits federal bill as General Assembly takes action during veto session
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Insulin, Insulin Prices, Jeff Markley, Big Pharma, Sanofi, Lantus, U.S. Drug Prices, Andy Manar, Will Guzzardi, Illinois Drug Prices
Manar, Guzzardi urge cap on cost of insulin
AARP Illinois joins health groups in cheering bill to limit out-of-pocket expense to $100 a month
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Ted CoxAndy Manar, Will Guzzardi, Megan Blair, Insulin, Diabetes, AARP, U.S. Drug Prices, American Diabetes Association, Dave Koehler, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Illinois State Medical Society, Illinois Pharmacists Association, AARP Illinois
Social services seek infrastructure
Rep. Guzzardi joins housing advocates in saying $1B of capital bill should be allocated to affordable units
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Ted CoxIllinois House Progressive Caucus, Illinois Boys & Girls Clubs, Carol Ammons, Sam Banks, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club, Bethalto Boys & Girls Club, Cathleen Wilson, Monica Bristow, Heather O'Donnell, Thresholds, Will Guzzardi, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Illinois Working Families
House Progressive Caucus calls for Reproductive Health Act
In face of new abortion laws, ‘Illinois must respond in kind with equal energy behind defending reproductive freedom,’ says Rep. Cassidy
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Ted CoxKelly Cassidy, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Rights Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, National Organization for Women, Sue Purrington, Carol Ammons, Theresa Mah, Will Guzzardi, Michael Madigan, Illinois Capital Bill
Progressives rip 'giveaway' on estate tax
House Dems say attempt at compromise defeats intent of Gov. Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Carol Ammons, Theresa Mah, John Cullerton, Chuck Weaver, Bill Brady, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Pritzker Fair Tax, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Estate Tax, Elgie Sims, Heather Steans, Delia Ramirez
Guzzardi, Weaver spar over population tax flight
Sen. Sims asks GOP lawmakers, ‘Where’s the plan?’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Elgie Sims, David McSweeney, Chuck Weaver, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Property Taxes, Better Government Association, BGA, Illinois Pensions
Jail protesters for felony trespassing?
Sierra Club, House Progressive Caucus rip bill that would have ‘chilling effect on free speech’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Delia Ramirez, Carol Ammons, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, ACLU, NAACP, Kelly Cassidy
Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage
Governor declares Illinois ‘a state that welcomes working families’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Timothy Schneider, Illinois Minimum Wage, Fight for $15, Illinois Restaurant Association, Illinois Republican Party, Kimberly Lightford, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Women Employed, Jay Hoffman, Will Guzzardi, Marcus Evans, Illinois Budget, Illinois Working Families
New Progressive Caucus sets agenda
Reps. in House check off minimum wage, set sights on pot legalization, campaign finances
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Theresa Mah, Carol Ammons, Kelly Cassidy, Greg Harris, Sara Feigenholtz, Robyn Gabel, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Rob Martwick, Joyce Mason, Anna Moeller, Aaron Ortiz, Lamont Robinson, Anne Stava-Murray, Maurice West, Illinois House Progressive Caucus
Pritzker cheers Senate passage of new minimum wage
If enacted, law would raise it to $15 an hour by 2025; governor urges House to follow
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Minimum-wage hike would thrive outside Chicago
Illinois Economic Policy Institute finds earnings would rise most in central Illinois, Rockford
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Working FamiliesTed CoxSam Toia, Paul Rumler, Will Guzzardi, J.B. Pritzker, Frank Manzo IV, ILEPI, Illinois Minimum Wage, Chicago Minimum Wage, Kimberly Lightford, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
Legal weed a growing market
Grassroots Cannabis CEO Mitch Kahn stands prepared for ‘full recreational program’
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Ted CoxMitch Kahn, Grassroots Cannabis, Illinois Medical Marijuana, Medical Cannabis, Medical Pot, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Will Guzzardi
Rep. Cassidy to be 'ready on Day One' with pot bill
Lead House sponsor of legalization sees likely startup New Year 2020
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Recreational pot not a pipe dream
But marijuana won’t be be legalized overnight, says NORML Illinois Executive Director Dan Linn
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Ted CoxDan Linn, NORML, NORML Illinois, Recreational Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Medical Marijuana, J.B. Pritzker, Will Guzzardi, Rahm Emanuel, Michael Madigan, Maribis of Chicago Medical Marijuana Dispensary, Illinois Economic Policy Institute
