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Lobbying farmers searching for a 'win'
Leaders to Washington group gets little good news in D.C. on trade, ethanol waivers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Leaders to Washington, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Tammy Duckworth, Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn, Dan Basse, Julie Newhouse, Sonny Perdue, Robert Benson, Matthew Herberling
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
Reproductive rights are everyone's rights
ACLU Illinois head Colleen Connell calls abortion rights ‘the proverbial canary in the constitutional coal mine’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Colleen Connell, ACLU of Illinois, ACLU, City Club of Chicago, White Supremacists, White Nationalism, Constitutional Originalists, F. Roger Devlin, Abortion Rights, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act
Part-timers to lose benefits at Whole Foods
Warren, Sanders, AOC rip plan for Amazon-owned market to require 30 hours for health care
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Judge spikes Chicago TIF suit
Grassroots groups blocked from refiling as judge sides with city’s argument on legal standing
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Ted CoxLincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Sterling Bay, Neil Cohen, Aneel Chablani, Timna Axel, Grassroots Collaborative, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Block Club Chicago, James Zagel
Durbin, Lightfoot move to snuff out vaping
Senator cheers Trump for ban on flavored products, turns to educating students
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NIU enrollment hits 50-year low
But increase in freshmen leaves Huskies poised for comeback, says prez
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UIUC enrollment tops 50,000 for first time
UIC hits 33,000 as U. of I. System sets record for seventh straight year
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Ted CoxUniversity of Illinois, University of Illinois System, UIUC, UIC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Springfield, University of Illinois at Chicago, Tim Killeen, J.B. Pritzker, University of Illinois Enrollment, UIUC Enrollment, UIC Enrollment, U.S. News University Rankings, John Marshall Law School, University of Chicago, Northwestern University
Earned Income Tax Credit for Chicago?
New study explores six proposals that would benefit up to 1 million working families; Lightfoot receptive if noncommittal
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Ted CoxEarned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Harish Patel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Milton Friedman, Chicago Earned Income Tax Credit, Chicago UBI, Allen Sanderson, Lisa Christensen Gee, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Chicago Working Families
Judge weighs dismissing Chicago TIF suit
Do grassroots groups have legal standing to challenge Lincoln Yards development?
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Ted CoxChicago TIFs, Lincoln Yards, Lincoln Yards TIF, Sterling Bay, Aneel Chablani, Grassroots Collaborative, Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, Neil Cohen, William Brennan, James Zagel, Thomas Silverstein, Michele Smith, Maggie Sobota, Timna Axel, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Jennie Biggs
African Americans more likely to be homeless
In Illinois, they’re more than eight times more likely than whites to find themselves without a home
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Study urges patient limits to retain nurses
Illinois faces nurse shortage; UIUC-ILEPI study recommends Calif. model
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Ted CoxIllinois Nurses, Nurse Staffing Limits, Patient-to-Nurse Ratio, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Robert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, Emily E. LB. Twarog, Fred Crespo, Cristina Castro, Illinois Health and Hospital Association
No single solution to pension plight
Sen. Steans, Civic Federation’s Msall, IPI’s Schuster agree on problem, urge action
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Ted CoxIllinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Maggiano's Banquets, City Club of Chicago, Laurence Msall, Heather Steans, Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy Institute, Civic Federation, Kristen McQueary, J.B. Pritzker, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Rahm Emanuel, John Cullerton, Lori Lightfoot
U. of Chicago, NU in top 10, UIUC makes top 50 in latest college rankings
U.S. News annual report finds Wheaton, Knox rising
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Ted CoxU.S. News & World Report, U.S. News University Rankings, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, IIT, UIUC, Wheaton College, Knox College, Illinois Wesleyan, Augustana College, Lake Forest College, Principia College, DePaul University, UIC, Illinois State University, SIUC
ISU, EIU see influx of freshmen
Illinois State registers largest incoming class since mid-’80s
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Ted CoxISU, EIU, SIUC, SIUE, Illinois Public Universities, ISU Enrollment, EIU Enrollment, Larry Dietz, Jana Albrecht, Josh Norman, Randy Pembrook, Martin Abraham, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker
$15 an hour — now
Lightfoot endorses UIUC-ILEPI study urging accelerated hike in Chicago minimum wage
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Ted CoxRobert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Chicago Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Fight for $15, Illinois Minimum Wage, U.S. Minimum Wage, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, John Arena, Jason Ervin, Rahm Emanuel
Casten calls for 'shared sense of truth' on impeachment
Packed house at town hall favors Trump probe
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Has SIU Carbondale stopped the bleeding?
‘We are gaining traction and moving in the right direction,’ says Chancellor Dunn as enrollment decline slows
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Soybeans, pork socked by new Chinese tariffs
But quality of soybeans improves in latest USDA report
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Pork, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Pork Producers Association, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Farm Bailout, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Duckworth bolsters Hennepin ethanol plant
Like irate farmers, senator takes issue with waivers granted to large refineries as ‘a free pass to friends’ of President Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Marquis Energy, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers
