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Sens. Durbin, Villivalam back unpaid caregivers

Sens. Durbin, Villivalam back unpaid caregivers

Earned Income Tax Credit expansion sought to recognize ‘the reality of family’

Ted CoxDecember 10, 2020Dick Durbin, Ram Villivalam, Earned Income Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit, Unpaid Caregivers, Working Families, Krystal Peters, Dianne Munevar, NORC, University of Chicago, Illinois Public Interest Research Group, Abe Scarr, Sherrod Brown

Our neighborhoods need a Fair Tax

Our neighborhoods need a Fair Tax

Flat tax has worsened inequality, segregation in Chicago and across state

Ted CoxOctober 21, 2020Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Flat Tax, Harish Patel, Dorian Warren, Income Inequality, Working Families, Community Change, Economic Security for Illinois

Union approval up, but membership down

Union approval up, but membership down

African Americans, women see steepest declines as Janus ruling has effect

Ted CoxSeptember 8, 2020State of the Unions 2020, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Project for Middle Class Renewal, UIUC, Illinois Union Workers, Chicago Union Workers, Working Families

Duckworth leads call for paid sick leave in pandemic

Duckworth leads call for paid sick leave in pandemic

NEA prez says any school could become a ‘germ factory’

Ted CoxJuly 23, 2020Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave, Child Care, Working Families, Tammy Duckworth, National Education Association, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, Rosa DeLauro, Patty Murray, Kirsten Gillibrand, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump

One-third of Ill. households struggle to pay bills

One-third of Ill. households struggle to pay bills

United Way’s ALICE report finds 12 percent in poverty, double that in financial hardship

Ted CoxMarch 4, 2020Terri 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

Earned Income Tax Credit: Not just for working families

Earned Income Tax Credit: Not just for working families

Tax watchdog backs expanding EITC to childless workers, young & old

Ted CoxFebruary 21, 2020Earned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, Milton Friedman, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Illinois EITC, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Harish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois

One-third of U.S. living paycheck to paycheck

One-third of U.S. living paycheck to paycheck

Even $100,000 earners find themselves chasing payday as household debt, health costs rise

Ted CoxFebruary 17, 2020U.S. Workers, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Salary Finance, Donald Trump, Wilbert Van Der Klaauw, Dan Macklin, Affordable Care Act, Mike Doherty, Illinois Farm Bureau, Harish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois

Paid family leave would benefit parents, babies, economy

Paid family leave would benefit parents, babies, economy

ILEPI-UIUC study says businesses would gain stability, productivity

Ted CoxFebruary 3, 2020ILEPI, UIUC, Project for Middle Class Renewal, Family Leave, Paid Family Leave, Family and Medical Leave Act, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Amazon, United Parcel Service, Jill Gigstad, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Pew Research Center

Parents face Catch-22 on child care

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

Ted CoxFebruary 3, 2020Child Care, Day Care, Working Families, Economic Policy Institute, U.S. Census Bureau, J.B. Pritzker

Minimum wage, EITC work hand in hand

Minimum wage, EITC work hand in hand

But Earned Income Tax Credit needs more than just outreach to encourage participation

Ted CoxJanuary 23, 2020Minimum Wage, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois EITC, Earned Income Tax Credit, Economic Policy Institute, Milton Friedman, Working Families, Economic Security for Illinois, Harish Patel

Earned Income Tax Credit for Chicago?

Earned Income Tax Credit for Chicago?

New study explores six proposals that would benefit up to 1 million working families; Lightfoot receptive if noncommittal

Ted CoxSeptember 12, 2019Earned Income Tax Credit, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Harish Patel, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Milton Friedman, Chicago Earned Income Tax Credit, Chicago UBI, Allen Sanderson, Lisa Christensen Gee, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Chicago Working Families

Student loans prey on minority students

Student loans prey on minority students

College students of color are more likely to borrow and to borrow more, while making less after graduation

Ted CoxJuly 25, 2019Student Loans, Student Debt, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Robert Smith, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Betsy DeVos, Working Families

Trump imposes 'illegal directive' on EPA

Trump imposes 'illegal directive' on EPA

Members of Congress join EPA workers in charging ‘attack on science,’ environment, and civil servants

Ted CoxJuly 8, 2019Donald Trump, Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis, Don Villar, Scabby the Rat, EPA, Nicole Cantello, Climate Change, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Illinois Environmental Council, Colleen Smith, Matt Muchowski, AFGE, AFGE Local 704, Chicago Federation of Labor

Lightfoot calls for 'Chicago renaissance'

Lightfoot calls for 'Chicago renaissance'

New mayor lauds guv on fair tax, seeks Springfield action on infrastructure, casino, legal pot

Ted CoxMay 28, 2019Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Gun Violence, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Infrastructure, Chicago Casino, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Working Families, Uber, Lyft

Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax

Earned Income Tax Credit could sway fair tax

Economic Security for Illinois backs ‘meaningful’ cost-of-living refund as taxpayer relief

Ted CoxMay 14, 2019Harish Patel, Economic Security for Illinois, Chicago Resilient Families Task Force, Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit, Illinois EITC, Universal Basic Income, Rahm Emanuel, Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, J.B. Pritzker, Maurice West, Working Families, Illinois Working Families

Study praises Pritzker's 'fair tax'

Study praises Pritzker's 'fair tax'

UIUC, ILEPI find state could cut property taxes 10 percent

Ted CoxApril 1, 2019Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Bruno, Frank Manzo IV, Ideas Illinois, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Pritzker Fair Tax, Working Families, Illinois Working Families

'Sweat' equity

'Sweat' equity

Pulitzer-winning play at Chicago’s Goodman Theater resonates in small towns abandoned by industry

Ted CoxMarch 27, 2019Goodman Theater, Lynn Nottage, Aaron Mays, Ron OJ Parson, Tyla Abercrumbie, Mike Cherry, Chaon Cross, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Keith Kupferer, Andre Teamer, Edgar Sanchez, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Unions

Illinois faces impending nurse shortage

Illinois faces impending nurse shortage

ILEPI-UIUC study calls for unionization, patient limits

Ted CoxMarch 21, 2019Illinois Nurses, Illinois Health Care, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Project for Middle Class Renewal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Frank Manzo IV, Robert Bruno, Jill Manzo, Working Families

Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'

Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'

Sen. Sanders brings 2020 presidential campaign ‘Announcement Tour’ to Chicago

Ted CoxMarch 4, 2019Bernie 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

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

Ted CoxFebruary 25, 2019Economic Policy Institute, Illinois Economic Policy Institute, Working Families, Illinois Working Families, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Elise Gould