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Posts tagged Kimberly Lightford
Lightfoot backs cash assistance for those excluded by COVID relief packages
Chicago Resiliency Fund to allot $5M to 300,000 residents
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Ted CoxChicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, Chicago COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Resiliency Fund, Donald Trump, Kimberly Lightford, Resurrection Project, Open Society Foundations
One-third of Ill. households struggle to pay bills
United Way’s ALICE report finds 12 percent in poverty, double that in financial hardship
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Ted CoxTerri Bryant, United Way of Illinois, United Way of Champaign County, ALICE, Kimberly Lightford, Celina Villanueva, United Way of Metro Chicago, Kimberlee Guenther, Earned Income Tax Credit, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Working Poor, Illinois Early Childhood Development, J.B. Pritzker, Benefits Cliff, Don Villar, Chicago Federation of Labor
Bill seeks to add 'consent' to sex-ed conversation
State Rep. Ann Williams sponsors bill that goes beyond ‘no means no’
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Ted CoxAnn Williams, Kimberly Lightford, Karina Villa, Brigid Leahy, Illinois Sex Education, Illinois Teen Sex, Sexuality Information and Education Council, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Planned Parenthood, No Means No, Sexual Consent
Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage
Governor declares Illinois ‘a state that welcomes working families’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Timothy Schneider, Illinois Minimum Wage, Fight for $15, Illinois Restaurant Association, Illinois Republican Party, Kimberly Lightford, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Women Employed, Jay Hoffman, Will Guzzardi, Marcus Evans, Illinois Budget, Illinois Working Families
Pritzker cheers Senate passage of new minimum wage
If enacted, law would raise it to $15 an hour by 2025; governor urges House to follow
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Minimum-wage hike would thrive outside Chicago
Illinois Economic Policy Institute finds earnings would rise most in central Illinois, Rockford
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Working FamiliesTed CoxSam Toia, Paul Rumler, Will Guzzardi, J.B. Pritzker, Frank Manzo IV, ILEPI, Illinois Minimum Wage, Chicago Minimum Wage, Kimberly Lightford, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
Pritzker promises 'fierce urgency' to revive education
State Sen. Manar, IEA President Griffin among leaders of transition committee including school and college administrators
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Andy Manar, Chris Welch, Kathi Griffin, Janice Jackson, Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Education Association, University of Illinois, Illinois State University, University of Chicago, Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Kimberly Lightford, Fred Crespo, Will Davis, Chicago Teachers Union, Raise Your Hand, More Than a Score, Illinois PTA