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Posts tagged U.S. Census Bureau
Construction wage theft 'pervasive' in Midwest
Paying ‘under the table’ hurts workers and robs states of critical funding, says new study
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Union construction builds strong economy
Collective bargaining agreements benefit workers, spread impact through local economy, says study
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Ted CoxUnion Construction, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, ILEPI, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Jill Gigstad, Mid-American Regional Bargaining Association, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Census Bureau
Illinois loses another 80K residents
Exodus accelerates in annual midyear estimates separate from U.S. Census count
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Poverty, hunger on the rise
Study blames end of $1,200 stimulus payments, extra $600 for unemployment in COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago, James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Jeehoon Han, Zhejiang University, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment, Joe Biden, Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Home is where the wealth is
Home equity and retirement accounts make up most of U.S. household wealth
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Unemployment rate drops to 8.4 percent
Decline spurred by government hiring for temporary jobs with U.S. Census Bureau
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Unemployment, COVID-19, COVID Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rate, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, William Beach
Jobless claims rise for first time since March
Another 1.4M file for benefits; Illinois claims drop, but increase for gig workers amid national fraud scam
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Ted CoxU.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, IDES, J.B. Pritzker, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, U.S. Census Bureau
Will Census alter top 10 towns?
Population has been fairly steady in largest cities, although Cicero would seem to be out
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Renewable energy to outpace coal this year
But COVID-19 relief funding has gone disproportionately to oil, mining businesses
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Facebook quashes phony Trump Census ads
The social-media posts resembled fake Census mailers sent to Illinois voters
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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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Why POTUS, SCOTUS are wrong on immigration
Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule would cut off immigrants who are critical to the growth and vitality of our communities large and small
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Ted CoxU.S. Population, U.S, U.S. Immigration, "Public Charge" Rule, U.S. Supreme Court, Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Census Bureau, American Immigration Council, U.S. Birth Rate, Toni Preckwinkle
State population drop persists
National population levels at 328 million as immigration falls to lowest figure in a decade under Trump
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Ted CoxIllinois Population, Illinois Population Loss, U.S. Population, Bruce Rauner, Marc Schulman, Sandra Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Census, 2020 U.S. Census, Trump Immigration, J.B. Pritzker
Why do we tolerate income inequality?
Harvard Business Review study has potential impact on ‘fair tax’ debate
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Ted CoxIllinois Fair Tax, Illinois Flat Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Harvard Business Review, Gini Index, Bernie Sanders, Income Inequality, U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois Tax Rate, Ralph Martire, Dan Proft, J.B. Pritzker, Steven Greenhouse
Illinois brews up beer boom
U.S. Census finds Will County in top five for growth, Cook County in top five overall nationally
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The Gini is out of the bottle
It’s time to take advanced metrics and apply them to economic issues that actually matter to working families
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Ted CoxEconomic Statistics, Gini Index, Advanced Metrics, Sabermetrics, Bill James, Corrado Gini, Unemployment Rate, Stock Index, NYSE, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau, Lauren Underwood, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Danny Davis, U.S. Gini Index, Illinois Gini Index, Allen Sanderson
Income inequality worsens across U.S.
But Illinois beats national averages for income, poverty, health care, with some surprising local findings
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Population loss felt across state
Only 16 of 102 Illinois counties gained population in latest U.S. Census report
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Illinois suffers population loss
State dropped 45,116 residents, and only New York lost more
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