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Legal weed demand to create opportunity for outsiders
Communities hurt by ‘War on Drugs’ should see equity in legalization
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'Fair tax' faces high bar: New video
Constitution change required to move past regressive ‘flat tax,’ and it’s intentionally difficult
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Flat Tax, Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Donald Trump, U.S. Supreme Court, Citizens United, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Frank Manzo IV, Illinois Economic Policy Institute
Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'
Sen. Sanders brings 2020 presidential campaign ‘Announcement Tour’ to Chicago
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Ted CoxBernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Income Inequality, Working Families, $15 Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, 2020 Presidential Election, Navy Pier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare for All, Health Care, U.S. Drug Prices, Walmart, Unions, University of Chicago, Immigrant Detention, Criminal Justice Reform, Rural Poverty
Congressional Dems speak out against Trump's 'Title X gag rule'
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky pledges to protect funding for Planned Parenthood
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J.B., Rahm cheer record $474M in state film production
Chicago’s Cinespace Studios leads way in 2018 for state’s 520 film, TV, media projects
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, Cinespace Chicago, Elgie Sims, Gillian Flynn, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Empire, Shameless, The Chi, DePaul University, DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts, ER, Alex Pissios
Congressional Dems lead House votes on gun control
Background checks, extended reviews clear House, largely on party lines
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Ill. retains top spot in U.S. soybean production
USDA reports 43,000 state soybean farmers raised 700 million tons in 2018 crop
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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
Ag director commits to rural broadband
Sullivan follows through on Pritzker pledge, sees opportunity in capital bill
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Cheers! Illinois has nation's cheapest beer
Land of drinkin’ benefits from healthy competition to top off Michigan
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Ted CoxIllinois Beer, Illinois Beer Prices, Illinois Craft Beers, Chicago Breweries, Miller Beer, Budweiser, Bud Light, Miller Lite, Simple.Thrifty.Living., Brewers Association, Iron Spike Brewing Co.
Wages rise, but inequality worsens, especially by sex and race
Black-white age gap widens, while men with college degrees get paid more than women with advanced degrees
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Planned Parenthood Illinois rejects Trump Title X 'gag rule'
‘We will not compromise our ethics or our patients’ health,’ says President Jennifer Welch
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From 'Columbine' to 'Parkland' — and beyond
Dave Cullen’s new book traces a way out of the endless cycle of school-shooting horrors with the ‘Birth of a Movement’
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Ted CoxColumbine, Parkland, NIU Shooting, Patrick Korellis, Dave Cullen, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, MSNBC, The Daily Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bill seeks to add 'consent' to sex-ed conversation
State Rep. Ann Williams sponsors bill that goes beyond ‘no means no’
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Ted CoxAnn Williams, Kimberly Lightford, Karina Villa, Brigid Leahy, Illinois Sex Education, Illinois Teen Sex, Sexuality Information and Education Council, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood, No Means No, Sexual Consent
Pritzker's first budget: 'An honest proposal'
Governor strikes note of ‘humble honesty and bold optimism’ in charting course on ‘the road to normal conditions’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Dan Hynes, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, Legal Sports Betting, Illinois Income Tax, Progressive Income Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Illinois 2020 Budget, Illinois Budget, Illinois Education, Illinois Higher Education, Early Childhood Block Grants, Illinois Minimum Wage
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
Chicago commission signs off on $900M Lincoln Yards TIF
Community Development Commission rejects opponents calling for delay
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Ted CoxDavid Orr, Michele Smith, Dick Simpson, Chicago Community Development Commission, Lincoln Yards, Sterling Bay, John Arena, Scott Waguespack, Chicago TIFs, TIFs, Juanita Irizarry, Friends of the Parks, Jonathan Snyder, North Branch Works, Raise Your Hand Action, Huu Nguyen, Brian Hopkins, Mike Lenehan, Ted Wrobleski, Sheffield Neighbors, Allan Mellis, Tim Tuten, Hideout Chicago
U.S. Rep. Garcia leads protest against Trump's 'phony emergency'
Hundreds rally in subfreezing temps in Chicago’s Federal Plaza to denounce Trump ‘charade’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Ed Yohnka, ACLU of Illinois, ACLU, Indivisible Chicago, U.S. Immigration, U.S. Border Wall, Trump Emergency, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, SEIU Local 1, SEIU Healthcare Illinois
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
Sterigenics shut down!
IEPA ‘seals’ Willowbrook firm, bans use of ethylene oxide
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