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Ill. leads U.S. with 100K COVID vaccinations
Pritzker praises process on Pfizer shot, awaits reinforcements from Moderna vaccine
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois Coronavirus, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Moderna, Moderna Vaccine, SSM Health Illinois, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CCAP, Child Care Assistance Program, Grace Hou, Illinois Department of Human Services, Maricela Garcia, Gads Hill Center
Barbara Flynn Currie backs expanded EITC
Longtime General Assembly reformer writes op-ed targeting ‘effective tool in the battle against poverty’
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Ted CoxReverse Income Tax, Earned Income Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit, Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit, Barbara Flynn Currie, Richard Nixon, Milton Friedman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, MAP Grants, Family Caregivers, Dick Durbin, Ram Villivalam, Economic Security for Illinois
Illinois loses another 80K residents
Exodus accelerates in annual midyear estimates separate from U.S. Census count
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IEA joins Climate Jobs Illinois
Illinois Education Association throws weight behind Carbon Free Schools initiative
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Ted CoxIEA, Illinois Education Association, Climate Jobs Illinois, Carbon Free Schools, Kathi Griffin, Nikki Budzinski, Climate Change, Solar Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, J.B. Pritzker, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Sue Rezin
Congress passes $900B COVID relief package
Stimulus checks, unemployment aid halved; no relief for cities, states, restaurants
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Joe Biden, Congressional Budget Office, Paycheck Protection Program, Robert Reich, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Grover Norquist, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Independent Restaurant Coalition
State hits 'solar cliff' as incentives run out
Path to 100 environmental group pushes for renewed goals, funding for solar, wind energy
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Ted CoxIllinois Renewable Energy, Illinois Wind Energy, Illinois Solar Energy, Path to 100, Future Energy Jobs Act, Illinois Power Agency, Illinois State University, David Loomis, Clean Energy Jobs Act, CEJA, Climate Jobs Illinois, Cristina Castro, J.B. Pritzker
New COVID cases dropping, but not enough
State tops 15K deaths, but Pritzker says cases, hospitalizations ‘seem to be heading in the right direction’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Testing, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike
Trump provides record aid to farmers
$46 billion in direct payments almost doubles previous record set in 2005
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Ted CoxU.S. Steel, U.S. Steel Granite City Works, Donald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Trump Tariff Farm Bailouts, USDA, George W. Bush, Farm Bill, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Joe Janzen, Nick Paulson
Trib: Don't blame us for Fair Tax flop
After egging on Republican anti-taxers, newspaper edit board insists voters alone sank graduated income tax
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Ted CoxFair Tax Amendment, Chicago Tribune, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Political Divide, Illinois Politics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Government Finance Research Center, Illinois Flat Tax, Will Guzzardi, Joe Biden, Dick Tuck, Bill Brady, Kenneth Griffin, Richard Uihlein, Jim Durkin, Christopher Mooney, Bruce Rauner, Denny Jacobs
New jobless claims rise again
As retail sales fall, how long will Congress continue to hold out on COVID relief?
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Unemployment, Bernie Sanders, Dick Durbin, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
A computer in every home
Pritzker praises public-private partnership to provide recycled computers to 1.1M Illinois households
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Rural Broadband, Connect Illinois, Computer Equity Network, PCs for People, Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund, Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board, Jewish United Fund, Council on Digital Equity, Casey Sorensen, Erin Guthrie, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Lightfoot: COVID compromise 'unacceptable'
Chicago mayor blasts ‘heartless’ McConnell in pursuit of relief for cities, states
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Lori Lightfoot, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Paycheck Protection Program
Governor gets out the knife
Pritzker plots $700M in executive cuts, blames GOP for lost tax revenue, seeks federal COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID Unemployment, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Bruce Rauner, AFSCME Council 31, Roberta Lynch, Dick Durbin
It's no time to go low
Sen. Durbin holds out hope for aid to state and local gov’ts, but compromise relief bill is just a stopgap
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rand Paul
First COVID vaccines delivered
Pritzker oversees arrival, declares ‘beginning of the end of this pandemic’
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Pfizer, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Strategic National Stockpile, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Alicia Tate-Nadeau
Electoral College seals Biden victory
Congressmen Bost, LaHood backed Trump bid to subvert election results
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Ted Cox2020 Presidential Election, Electoral College, Illinois Electoral College, Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lori Lightfoot, J.B. Pritzker, Jesse White, U.S. Supreme Court, Proud Boys
Vax or mask: Cover up until you sleeve up
COVID vaccine goes to health-care workers first, while everyone else needs to observe 3 W’s
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois COVID-19 Testing, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Pfizer, U.S. FDA
Restaurants 'in a panic mode right now'
Sen. Duckworth pledges to get more pandemic relief passed before end of year
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Ted CoxRestaurants Act, Tammy Duckworth, Sam Toia, Illinois Restaurant Association, Sam Sanchez, Moe's Cantina, John Barleycorn, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Paycheck Protection Program, Greg Schulson, Burrito Beach, Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill, Karen Conn, Rand Paul
Sens. Durbin, Villivalam back unpaid caregivers
Earned Income Tax Credit expansion sought to recognize ‘the reality of family’
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Ted CoxDick 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
Opinion: Mayor Lightfoot, support Indian rights
International Human Rights Day offers opportunity to bolster India’s democracy against Prime Minister Modi
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