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College-based bus company pays $100K settlement for racist policies
Atty. Gen. Raoul forces consent decree on Suburban Express
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Grassroots groups file suit against Chicago TIFs
Lincoln Yards TIF is Exhibit A as ‘a complete misuse of the program,’ suit charges
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Ted CoxAmisha Patel, Grassroots Collaborative, Joy Clendenning, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Raise Your Hand, Aneel Chablani, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago TIFs, Lincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Rahm Emanuel, Lori Lightfoot, David Orr
Teacher shortage 'is real, large, and growing'
State Sen. Manar moves package including hike in minimum salary to $40K
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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
Congressional Dems call for EtO alternatives
Illinois State Medical Society also backs other, safer methods of sterilization
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Ted CoxTammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, FDA, IEPA, Medline Industries, Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Illinois State Medical Society
'Jobs tax' debunked
Study of Illinois, neighboring states finds no connection between jobs, tax rate
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Ted CoxElizabeth Austin, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, State Tax Rates, Illinois Jobs, Illinois Employment, Better Government Association, BGA, Ideas Illinois
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
Separatist legislator has 'pants on fire'
BGA finds lies on government funding being spread by state Rep. Halbrook
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Brad Halbrook, Better Government Association, BGA, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIUC, UIUC, Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois Gun Control, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois Immigration, Political Divide
Why can't a Democrat be more like a Republican?
At least when it comes to crafting — and sticking to — a compelling narrative on taxes
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Ted CoxIllinois Policy Institute, IPI, J.B. Pritzker, Bernie Sanders, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Bruce Rauner, Richard Uihlein, Grover Norquist, Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Better Government Association, BGA
Car crashes cost Illinois $3.8B a year
ILEPI study calls for ‘smart investments’ in infrastructure
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Ted CoxIllinois Economic Policy Institute, Illinois Department of Transportation, ILEPI, IDOT, Illinois Traffic Deaths, Illinois Road Signs, Distracted Driving, John Greenfield, Mary Craighead, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Infrastructure
African-American unemployment doubles state average
The gap has actually narrowed since before the Great Recession
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Atty. Gen. Raoul files suit against opioid firm
Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed opioids in Illinois, says suit, and ‘downplayed’ risks
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Teen smokers get a butt-kicking
20-year-olds, too, as Gov. Pritzker signs law raising smoking age to 21
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Camille Lilly, Julie Morrison, Shana Crews, Kathy Drea, Julie Mirostaw, Matt Maloney, Illinois Smoking Age, American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, American Heart Association, Respiratory Health Association, Mile Square Club, Tobacco 21
Stop EtO calls protest in Lake County
Grassroots group raises concerns over ethylene-oxide emissions like those at Sterigenics
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Illinois bridge woes worsen
State has fourth-highest number of ‘structurally deficient’ bridges in nation, and more than five years ago
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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
Quigley chides EPA head on Sterigenics
Duckworth, Durbin call on Homeland Security to reassess EtO threat
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Lightfoot elected Chicago mayor
Sweeps city against Cook County Board President Preckwinkle in battle of progressives
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Duckworth, Durbin seek relief for working families
Illinois U.S. senators co-sponsor bill to expand federal child tax credit
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Study praises Pritzker's 'fair tax'
UIUC, ILEPI find state could cut property taxes 10 percent
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Ted CoxIllinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, Ideas Illinois, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Pritzker Fair Tax, Working Families, Illinois Working Families