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Staffing nurses would 'mostly pay for itself,' says report
ILEPI study finds $1.4B gain in turnover, injury rate, patient costs
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Study praises Pritzker's 'fair tax'
UIUC, ILEPI find state could cut property taxes 10 percent
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Ted Cox April 1, 2019 Illinois 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
Illinois faces impending nurse shortage
ILEPI-UIUC study calls for unionization, patient limits
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'Fair tax' faces high bar: New video
Constitution change required to move past regressive ‘flat tax,’ and it’s intentionally difficult
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Ted Cox March 4, 2019 J.B. Pritzker , Illinois Flat Tax , Progressive Income Tax , Graduated Income Tax , Donald Trump , U.S. Supreme Court , Citizens United , Center for Tax and Budget Accountability , Frank Manzo IV , Illinois Economic Policy Institute
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 Families Ted Cox February 6, 2019 Sam 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
Sports gambling could raise $100M in state revenue
But Illinois Economic Policy Institute warns it must first undercut betting on the black market
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Ted Cox February 5, 2019 ILEPI , Frank Manzo IV , Robert Bruno , UIUC , Project for Middle Class Renewal , Illinois Sports Betting , Illinois Sports Gambling , Legal Sports Betting , Napoleon Harris III , Tim Butler , J.B. Pritzker
Student debt thins millennial budgets for home buying
More than a third of renters looking to buy carry student loans, which puts almost half the housing market out of their reach
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Ted Cox November 20, 2018 Donald Trump , Betsy DeVos , Frank Manzo IV , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Student Loans , Student Debt , American Dream , Home Buying , Home Purchase , Zillow , Chicago Real Estate
Legal pot could take Illinois higher
Recreational marijuana could rake in $525 million in taxes, study finds, with corresponding job gains and cuts in enforcement costs
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Ted Cox November 12, 2018 J.B. Pritzker , Bruce Rauner , Frank Manzo IV , Robert Bruno , Jill Manzo , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Project for Middle Class Renewal , University of Illinois , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Legal Marijuana , Recreational Marijuana , Cannabis , Paul Simon Public Policy Institute , SIU
Higher minimum wage would boost state economy
A hike in the Illinois minimum wage would affect up to one in four workers and potentially add $19 billion to the state economy, according to a new study
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States of the unions
As wages rise with union strength in Minnesota and Illinois, study finds Wisconsin lags behind
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Ted Cox September 12, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Scott Walker , Karen Lewis , Frank Manzo IV , Robert Bruno , Chicago Teachers Union , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Midwest Economic Policy Institute , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Unions , Illinois Public Unions , Workers , Working Families
Rauner lies on progressive tax
BGA study counters Rauner’s claims about effect on middle class
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Ted Cox September 11, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Frank Manzo IV , Illinois Income Tax , Iowa Taxes , Minnesota Taxes , Tony McCombie , Progressive Income Tax , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Education Funding , Illinois Property Taxes
Unions balance political discourse
Study finds unions give voice to voters politicians can otherwise easily ignore
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Missouri shows support for unions
Voters reject right-to-work law sought by Rauner in first public test since Janus ruling
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Ted Cox August 8, 2018 Bruce Rauner , Eric Greitens , Illinois Policy Institute , IPI , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , ILEPI , Frank Manzo IV , Mark Janus , Janus , Right-to-Work
'The New Gilded Age'
Illinois income inequality tops national average, but Lincoln among most equal U.S. cities
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Minimum wage rises, to Chicago's lasting benefit
New study finds fears about unemployment, effect on business unfounded
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Ted Cox July 2, 2018 Bruce 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
Job creators? Look to state universities
SIU enrollment drop at Carbondale campus sends economic ripples across southern Illinois
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Ted Cox May 29, 2018 Southern Illinois University , SIU Carbondale , SIU Edwardsville , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Mike Henry , Dick Durbin , Randy Dunn , Frank Manzo IV , Robert Bruno , Illinois Economic Policy Institute , Carbondale , Bruce Rauner , Amtrak , City of New Orleans