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Duckworth leads call for paid sick leave in pandemic
NEA prez says any school could become a ‘germ factory’
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Ted CoxPaid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave, Child Care, Working Families, Tammy Duckworth, National Education Association, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Rosa DeLauro, Patty Murray, Kirsten Gillibrand, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump
Parents face Catch-22 on child care
Already spending more than government, parents need to work more to pay for child care that costs more
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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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Child-care union rips Rauner
Guv signs CCAP bill, but SEIU Healthcare Illinois says 'the damage has been done'
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Poverty worse across Illinois
Heartland Alliance issues new report placing more than half of all state counties on a watch list
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Rauner stuck with embarrassment
Ken Dunkin, rewarded with a political appointment for sabotaging legislation, thumbs his nose at both accusers and the governor
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Child-care chaos
Government waffling on state CCAP program prompts parents to pull out
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Ruth Kimble, Channing's Childcare, CCAP, Obamacare, Julie Morrison, SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Maricarmen Macias, Working Families, Child Care
Minimum-wage debate produces maximum rapport
Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson have a surprising meeting of the minds on training workers and universal basic income
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Ted CoxAmeya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, University of Chicago, Minimum Wage, Universal Basic Income, Health Care, Child Care, Fair Scheduling, Destructive Innovation, Earned-Income Tax Credit
