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Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes
Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions
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Ted CoxTheresa Mah, Illinois Political Divide, Urban vs. Rural, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus Relief, Earned Income Tax Credit, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, Tammy Duckworth, Pat Quinn, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Adopt-a-Legislator
Daily Debunk: Small-biz owners are no different from anyone else
If they clear $250K, they’ll pay a slightly higher rate under Fair Tax
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Small Businesses, Coalition to Stop the Proposed Tax Hike Amendment, Kenneth Griffin, Jeff Friedman, Home Plate Bar and Grill, J.B. Pritzker, BGA, AARP Illinois, U.S. Small Business Administration, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Ralph Martire, University of Illinois, J. Fred Giertz, Pat Quinn
Red-herring tax argument smells like dead fish
Studies show little if any connection between taxes and people leaving the state
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, Dan Proft, Ralph Martire, Allison Flanagan, Chicago Reporter, Curtis Black, Illinois Exodus, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn, Better Government Association, BGA, Illinois Department of Revenue, Cristobal Young, Tax Flight, Kenneth Griffin, J.B. Pritzker
Sen. Stadelman renews call for work-share
Lead sponsor of neglected unemployment law says it’s made for coronavirus economic crisis
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Steve Stadelman, Work-Share Programs, IDES, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Unemployment, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UIUC
Pritzker, Ezike on progress: Don't get cocky
Coronavirus spread slowed by social distancing but it must be maintained; guv backs aid for gig workers, work-share program
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Ted CoxCoronavirus Testing, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Stimulus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Unemployment, Work-Share Programs, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Minimum Wage
Report seeks to spur reinvestment in IEPA
Environmental watchdog ‘between a rock and a hard place’ with fading federal commitment, additional state mandates
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Ted CoxEPA, IEPA, Bubbly Creek, Mark Templeton, University of Chicago, Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, Mary Gade, Doug Scott, Bharat Mathur, EPA Region 5, Sterigenics, Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
Brady 'false' on fair tax, says BGA
GOP senator conveniently confuses middle-class, low-income taxpayers
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Ted CoxBill Brady, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, BGA, Illinois Taxes, Illinois Tax Rates, Illinois Tax Brackets, Pat Quinn
Bustos, Pritzker lay rails for Chicago-Quad Cities Amtrak
U.S. rep. urges fed. grant extension as guv allots funds in capital bill
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Cheri Bustos, Amtrak, Amtrak Chicago-Quad Cities, Quad City Rocket, Dick Durbin, Barack Obama, Illinois Capital Bill, Bruce Rauner, Pat Quinn
Senate subcommittee hears calls for capital bill
Former Peoria Congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says, ‘Illinois is one big pothole’
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Ted CoxRay LaHood, Tom Oakley, Andy Manar, Martin Sandoval, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Infrastructure, Kirk Dillard, James Derwinski, John Szabo, Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Pat Quinn, Dave Bender, American Council for Engineering Companies of Illinois, MarySue Barrett, Metropolitan Planning Council, Pat McGuire, Clayton Harris III, Illinois International Port Authority, Ron Burke, Active Transportation Alliance
Illinois suffers population loss
State dropped 45,116 residents, and only New York lost more
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IEPA enforcement referrals dropped under Rauner
Gov.-elect Pritzker pledges to ‘protect the environment in Illinois’
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois EPA, IEPA, Sierra Club, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich, Pat Quinn
Rauner decries Medicaid boost
But governor offers no solution except for jobs with health care
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Pat Quinn, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Health and Hospital Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Government Accountability Office, Stephanie Altman, Associated Press
Madigan the boogeyman
Speaker of the House replaces the original Mayor Daley as Republicans’ favorite Chicago whipping boy
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Ted CoxMichael Madigan, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Peter Roskam, Sean Casten, Greg Bales, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, SIU Carbondale, Nancy Pelosi, Pat Quinn, Richard J. Daley
