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We are one Illinois
If nothing else, the last three-plus years have made clear the case for unity in our state and across the country
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Ted CoxAmeya Pawar, Ted Cox, One Illinois, Political Divide, J.B. Pritzker, Joe Biden, Chris Lain, Dylan Parker, Jean deDieu Ahorloo, Tyrone Coleman, Rachael Heaton, TreeHouse Wildlife Center, Bill Kleiman, Nachusa Grasslands, Rich Krueger, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Illinois Underground Railroad, Owen Muelder, Lee Ann Porter, Knox College, Loving Bottoms, Great River Tug Fest, Patrick Korellis, Tabitha Tripp, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Obed & Isaac's, 17th Street BBQ, Ulysses Grant, Stop Sterigenics, Fair Tax Amendment, Denny Jacobs
U.S. Postal Service: Bank on it
Post offices can serve as banks for those who desperately need one, all that’s needed is for big-bank lobbyists to get out of the way
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We're refugees in our own homes
Resettlement in place would rewrite conventional rules for a COVID-19 recovery
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ameya Pawar, Charna Epstein, Demond Drummer, Refugee Resettlement, Social Intelligence, Hurricane Katrina, Chicago Refugees, Illinois Refugees, U.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal
Coronavirus calls for repairs to social safety net
And this time let’s make them permanent to avert the inevitable next disaster, says Ameya Pawar
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Ted CoxUBI, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Open Society Foundations, Charna Epstein, Scott Simon, Donald Trump, Health Care, Health Costs, Health Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave, U.S. Bureau pf Labor Statistics
Pawar-Sanderson II: The Wealth Tax
U. of C. debate pits ‘unfettered capitalism’ against ‘disingenuous ruse’ to soak rich
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Ted CoxAmeya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, Wealth Tax, Thomas Piketty, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Income Inequality, Donald Trump, Minimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, Milton Friedman, Earned Income Tax Credit, Reverse Income Tax, Universal Basic Income, Andrew Yang, Ken Griffin, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Fair Tax, Graduated Income Tax, Progressive Income Tax
Money for nothing produces exit to poverty
Aisha Nyandoro’s pilot program Magnolia Mother’s Trust gives $1,000 a month to 20 Mississippi moms
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Ted CoxAisha Nyandoro, Magnolia Mother's Trust, Ameya Pawar, Springboard to Opportunities, Economic Security for Illinois, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income, UBI, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force
Government should invest in its people — literally
Biss, Pawar urge use of pension funds as ‘activist investor for the public good’
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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
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Panel debates Universal Basic Income
First we have to confront our biases, then we have to trust those in need to know what’s best for themselves
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Ted CoxUniversal Basic Income, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ebony Scott, Family Independence Initiative, Lauren Burns-Coady, Jain Family Institute, Jain Family Institute Guaranteed Income Initiative, Ameya Pawar, Metropolitan Planning Council, Milton Friedman, Martin Luther King, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago DFSS
Chicago Clerk Valencia releases report on fees
Panel on fines recommends debt forgiveness, payment plans, new financial justice director
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Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax
Economic Security for Illinois backs ‘meaningful’ cost-of-living refund as taxpayer relief
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Ted CoxHarish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois EITC, Universal Basic Income, Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, J.B. Pritzker, Maurice West, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
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
Expand state tax credit, says Chi task force
Earned Income Tax Credit offers statewide method to address poverty, inequality
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Ted CoxWorking Families, Illinois Working Families, Earned-Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, SEIU Local 1, American Red Cross, Tom Balanoff, Celena Roldan, J.B. Pritzker, Rahm Emanuel, Milton Friedman, Allen Sanderson, Ameya Pawar
Rauner violates FOIA, ordered to release emails
Attorney general issues ‘binding opinion’ for governor to turn over emails on decision-making process
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Trollbots and Facebook phonies
Fake accounts on social media stir the pot on controversial issues
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Universal Basic Income gets a hearing
Chicago forms task force to study UBI and other programs to combat poverty
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One-on-One Illinois
Sen. Dick Durbin on the political power of people’s stories
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World Refugee Day celebrated on Chicago shore
'It should be our honor to welcome refugees,' says Alderman Pawar at warm-up event
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The tipping point
NIU shooting victim Patrick Korellis says that, as survivors unite in ever greater numbers, they may finally compel change on gun control
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Ted CoxPatrick Korellis, Dick Durbin, Ameya Pawar, Mass Shootings, Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Douglas High School, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, NIU Shooting, NRA, Gun Control, Gun Laws
