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Posts tagged Cristina Castro
State hits 'solar cliff' as incentives run out
Path to 100 environmental group pushes for renewed goals, funding for solar, wind energy
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Ted CoxIllinois Renewable Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Illinois Power Agency, Illinois State University, David Loomis, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Climate Jobs Illinois, Cristina Castro, J.B. Pritzker
Exelon threatens to close two nuke plants
Threat to 3,500 jobs in Bryron, Morris seen as attempt to squeeze concessions from legislators, Pritzker
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Ted CoxExelon, Exelon Generation, Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Morris Nuclear Power Plant, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Jordan Abudayyeh, Donald Trump, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Andrew Barbeau, Christopher Crane
CEJA pushed to back burner by COVID
But issues are connected, especially on equity, say IEC’s Walling, Sen. Castro
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs, CEJA, Cristina Castro, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Chicago Area Public Affairs Group, Jen Walling, Illinois Environmental Council, J.B. Pritzker, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Vistra Energy, ComEd, Exelon, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, COVID-19 Disparities
Pritzker recommits to clean-energy economy
Governor establishes eight principles for legislation, backed by environmentalists
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Clean Energy Jobs Act, J.B. Pritzker, ComEd, ComEd Bribery, Colleen Smith, Illinois Environmental Council, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Ann Williams, U.S. Department of Justice, J.C. Kibbey, Illinois Solar Energy, Cristina Castro
State launches pandemic help for renters
Aid for homeowners to follow; Pritzker, Castro push for additional federal relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Unemployment, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Affordable Housing, Illinois Housing, Emergency Rental Assistance Program, Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program, Heroes Act, Cristina Castro, Kristin Faust, Illinois Housing Development Authority
CEJA: Stronger than dirty energy
And stronger than ever as sponsors, activists cheer key changes, push for passage this fall
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Ted CoxCEJA, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Ann Williams, Cristina Castro, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, ComEd, Dulce Ortiz, Clean Power Lake County, Tony Pierce, Illinois People's Action, Tonyisha Harris, Andrew Barbeau, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump
Clean Energy Jobs Act would halt $846M Trump rate hike
Rep. Williams, Sen. Castro rip ‘massive bailout of the fossil-fuel industry’
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition, Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, CEJA, Ann Williams, Cristina Castro, David Kolata, Citizens Utility Board, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Illinois Utilities, Illinois Coal Ash, Illinois Coal Plants, Illinois Coal, Illinois Power Agency, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Future Energy Jobs Act
Pritzker signs bill consolidating local pensions
Police, firefighters cheer ‘monumental’ first step on pension reform that should produce savings on property taxes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Illinois Police and Firefighter Pensions, Illinois Pension Reform, Illinois Pension Crisis, Illinois Pensions, Cristina Castro, Jay Hoffman, Bill Brodsky, Pat Devaney, Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois, Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, Tim Kobler, Brad Cole, Illinois Municipal League
CEJA could spur $39B investment
Clean energy would produce $6B in state, local tax revenue over 20 years, says new study
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Ted CoxClean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Accelerate Group, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Stop EtO in Lake County, Stop Sterigenics, Ethylene Oxide, EtO Emissions, J.B. Pritzker, Rita Mayfield, Clean Energy Jobs Coalition
Students seek to expand support for strike on climate change
Friday march in Chicago calls for state to pass Clean Energy Jobs Act
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Ted CoxGreta Thunberg, Chicago Youth Climate Strike, Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Global Youth Climate Strike, Jessica Sun Li, Donald Trump, USMCA, Cristina Castro, Ann Williams, Bruce Rauner, Citizens Utility Board, Amazon, Chicago Public Schools
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
Pritzker signs immigrant protection in rebuff to Trump
‘He’s a disgrace,’ says governor
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Ted CoxCristina Castro, J.B. Pritzker, Donald Trump, Illinois Immigrants, Aaron Ortiz, Sylvia Puente, Latino Policy Forum, Dual Loyalty, U.S. Immigrant Detention, Trump Immigration
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
Staffing nurses would 'mostly pay for itself,' says report
ILEPI study finds $1.4B gain in turnover, injury rate, patient costs
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