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League of Women Voters demands equal pay
Laurel Bellows, in keynote speech, says, ‘We are at the point when we must fight’
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Ted CoxLeague of Women Voters., League of Women Voters of Illinois, Audra Wilson, Laurel Bellows, American Bar Association, Pay Inequity, Equal Pay, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team, Lauren Underwood, Jan Schakowsky, J.B. Pritzker, Bill Foster, David Welter, Barb Yong, Equal Pay Day Chicago
Lightfoot calls Trump on 'racist dog whistle'
Pritzker accuses president of inaction, Durbin pushes Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Trump Racist, Mass Shootings, Dick Durbin, Domestic Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, Illinois White Supremacists, White Supremacists, White Nationalists, William Barr
Trump escalates trade war, China halts U.S. ag buys
Stocks plummet as China also devalues currency
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Pritzker forms task force to reduce property taxes
Guv signs bill on what could be a critical issue for his ‘fair tax’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Andy Manar, Jonathan Carroll, Bill Brady, Illinois Grand Bargain, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force, Emily Miller, Cameron Mock, Dan Hynes
Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening
‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Sri Rao, Stop Sterigenics, Sterigenics, IEPA, Matt Haller, Colleen Haller, Kwame Raoul, Robert Berlin, John Curran, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions
Pritzker extends film tax credit
Entertainment industry employs 16,000 in Illinois, spends $500M, provides training for college students
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Dick Wolf, Elgie Sims, Illinois Film Tax Credit, Illinois Film Production, Chicago TV Production, Cinespace Chicago, DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts, Law & Order, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Jason Beghe
Salary history out in hiring process
Pritzker signs bill into law expected to address pay inequity between sexes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Equal Pay, U.S. Sex Pay Gap, Pay Inequity, U.S. Soccer Federation, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Anna Moeller, Cristina Castro, Wendy Pollack, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin
Trump tariff bailout goes to biggest farms
Top 1 percent got average of $183,000, while bottom 80 percent averaged $5,000
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Tariffs, Trump Trade War, USDA, Environmental Working Group, Farm Market Facilitation Program, New Food Economy, U.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Farm Bureau, Richard Guebert Jr., World Trade Organization
Trump threatens food stamps for thousands of Illinoisans
Prez seeks to close ‘loophole’ that streamlined, expanded enrollment
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits, IDHS, Illinois Department of Human Services, USDA, Sonny Perdue, Meghan Powers, Nolan Downey, Rob Undersander
Environmentalists cheer new law on coal ash
Pritzker defies Trump trend to tighten environmental regulations
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Coal Ash, Illinois Coal, Scott Bennett, Carol Ammons, IEPA, Illinois Pollution Control Board, Vermillion River, SAFE, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jack Darin, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Pam Richart, Eco-Justice Collaborative, Jennifer Cassel, Earthjustice, Dulce Ortiz, Clean Power Lake County
Affordable Care Act fails on affordability
Few remain uninsured, but many ‘underinsured’ struggle with costs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Health Costs, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund, Underinsured, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, Medicaid, Kwame Raoul, Dick Durbin, Health Insurance
Corn, soybean quality up, winter wheat yield off
Wheat was down in bushels per acre, but up overall due to increased planting
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Lightfoot draws parallels between 1919 race riots, today
Chicago mayor commits to ‘expanding opportunity for all people’
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Ted CoxLori Lightfoot, Chicago 1919 Race Riots, Chicago Racism, Chicago Public Schools, Claire Hartfield, Martin Luther King, Michael Brown, Eugene Williams, George Stauber, Laquan McDonald, Simon Balto, Daniel Callahan
Chicago marks shameful centennial
The 1919 race riots left 38 dead, 520 injured, and almost 1,000 homeless
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Ted CoxChicago 1919 Race Riots, Eugene Williams, William "Big Bill" Thompson, Patty Wetli, Robert Loerzel, Block Club Chicago, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square Debates, Jun Fujita, Eve Ewing, Lee Bey, Chicago Urban League, Richard J. Daley, Frank Ragen, Chicago Race Relations, Chicago Racism
Activists seek hearing on mine pipeline to Big Muddy River
SAFE charges wastewater would pollute river, increase flood risk
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Ted CoxCameron Smith, Jan Thomas, SAFE, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Illinois Sierra Club, IEPA, Frederick Douglass, Williamson Energy, Pond Creek Mine, Will Stephens, Kim Biggs
Student loans prey on minority students
College students of color are more likely to borrow and to borrow more, while making less after graduation
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Ted CoxStudent Loans, Student Debt, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Robert Smith, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Working Families
Corn, soybean quality lags behind national average
Illinois farmers continue to try to catch up after a rainy spring
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Congressional Dems renew call for revised EtO standards
Letter to EPA head says agency is ‘taking too long’
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Ted CoxEthylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, Sterigenics, Stop Sterigenics, EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Sean Casten, Bill Foster, Brad Schneider, Dan Lipinski, IEPA, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Jim Durkin
Bustos creates congressional Crop Insurance Caucus
Pritzker asks FEMA to join in assessing flood damage for federal aid
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Activists protest against customs confab
Pritzker signs bills protecting immigrant youths, as Customs and Border Protection holds Chicago trade symposium
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium, Marriott Marquis Chicago, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Mansi Kathuria, Ava Garcia, United Workers Center, PASO West Suburban Action Project, Tatiana Munoz, Immigration, Immigrant Detention, Lori Lightfoot, Jan Schakowsky
