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Posts tagged Minimum Wage
Minimum wage, EITC work hand in hand
But Earned Income Tax Credit needs more than just outreach to encourage participation
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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
U.S. House OKs $15 minimum wage
Illinois congressional delegation votes along party lines in effort to carry state minimum nationwide
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Ted CoxMinimum Wage, $15 Minimum Wage, U.S. Minimum Wage, Chicago Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage, Cheri Bustos, J.B. Pritzker, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, ILEPI
Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'
Sen. Sanders brings 2020 presidential campaign ‘Announcement Tour’ to Chicago
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Ted CoxBernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Income Inequality, Working Families, $15 Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, 2020 Presidential Election, Navy Pier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare for All, Health Care, U.S. Drug Prices, Walmart, Unions, University of Chicago, Immigrant Detention, Criminal Justice Reform, Rural Poverty
Wages rise, but inequality worsens, especially by sex and race
Black-white age gap widens, while men with college degrees get paid more than women with advanced degrees
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Pritzker takes oath as 43rd governor: New video!
Governor sets ambitious agenda with attitude that ‘a commitment to be kind in politics can change the world’
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Kwame Raoul, Susana Mendoza, Greg Harris, Minimum Wage, Education, Education Funding, Illinois Education, Pre-K, Illinois Pensions, Great Chicago Fire, Legal Marijuana, Legal Cannabis, $15 Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage
Pritzker: 'We are one Illinois'
In Quincy debate, Democrat counters Rauner’s divisiveness with message of statewide unity and optimism
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Grayson "Kash" Jackson, Sam McCann, WGEM-TV, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Working Families, Progressive Income Tax, Sports Betting, Legal Marijuana, Quincy Veterans Home, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Illinois Soybean Growers, Minimum Wage, Illinois Higher Education, Illinois Education, Illinois Education Funding, Andy Manar
Individualists unite! New video
Progressive groups join together under an agenda of interrelated issues they say are ‘overwhelmingly popular with the broader electorate’
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Ted CoxForward Illinois, Jack Darin, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jennifer Welch, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Yolanda Piper, SEIU, Mike Ziri, Equality Illinois, Bindu Poroori, ICIRR, Zach Koutsky, UFCW Local 881, Mark Walsh, Illinois Council Agains Handgun Violence, William McNary, Citizen Action Illinois, Working Families, Health Care, Minimum Wage, Unions, Gun Control, Illinois Gun Control, Immigration, Immigrants
Minimum wage rises, to Chicago's lasting benefit
New study finds fears about unemployment, effect on business unfounded
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage, Chicago Minimum Wage, Working Families, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Robert Habans, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Project for Middle Class Renewal
Boxed in
Illinois workers have to make $20 an hour just to afford a decent rental home
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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
Minimum wage, maximum debate
Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson to clash over issue on Facebook Live
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