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Monarch butterflies' countdown to extinction
Trump administration puts off decision on endangered species, intends to keep counting dwindling numbers
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Ted CoxMonarch Butterflies, Donald Trump, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Endangered Species, American Farm Bureau Federation, Zippy Duvall, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Monarch Project, Iris Caldwell, Joe Biden
Illinois loses another 80K residents
Exodus accelerates in annual midyear estimates separate from U.S. Census count
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Communication breakdown
Rep. Guzzardi says Fair Tax proponents didn’t articulate need for revenue and how it would ‘help people’s lives’
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Ted CoxWill Guzzardi, Fair Tax Amendment, Political Divide, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rich Miller, Dick Durbin, Capitol Fax, Illinois Political Divide, Kenneth Griffin, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery
Congressional Dems tout clean energy
Report says doing nothing on climate change over next 50 years would cost 227,000 lives in Illinois alone
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, Clean Energy, Sean Casten, Jan Schakowsky, Paris Climate Agreement, Howard Learner, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Bill Foster, Robin Kelly, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Mitch McConnell
COVID relief is not a shell game
It’s absurd to use stimulus funding to simply pay off debts, for states as well as individual taxpayers
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Federal Reserve, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Susana Mendoza, Joe Biden, Illinois Policy Institute, Rebuild Illinois, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Steve Mnuchin, Rural Broadband
Don't be a COVID turkey this Thanksgiving
Pritzker, Ezike make final pleas to stay home as guv lays out plans for fiscal stopgap
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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, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Joe Biden
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
Biden transition moves forward
GSA head gives in to pressure from Rep. Quigley, congressional Dems
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Ted CoxMike Quigley, Emily Murphy, General Services Administration, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Gerald Connolly, Nancy Pelosi, Coronavirus, COVID-19
Halt the panic to slow the pandemic
Small businesses and workers need economic security first to make rational decisions about COVID-19
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Brad Halbrook
Quigley confronts Trump election obstructionist
House committee leaders demand explanation from head of General Services Administration
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Ted CoxMike Quigley, 2020 Presidential Election, General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Gerald Connolly, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Bush v. Gore, Hillary Clinton
ACLU looks ahead to post-Trump era
Fair Tax failure risks enforcement of reforms, revival of regressive penalties, fees
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Ted CoxACLU, ACLU of Illinois, Ed Yohnka, Colleen Connell, Nusrat Choudry, Khadine Bennett, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, 2020 Presidential Election, 2020 Election, DACA, Dream Act, Dick Durbin, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Immigrant groups tout election triumphs
Rep. Villa replaces Oberweis in state Senate; Avelar first former undocumented immigrant to be seated in General Assembly
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Ted CoxICIRR, ICIRR Action, Lawrence Benito, Kim Foxx, Karina Villa, Jim Oberweis, Dagmara Avelar, Black Lives Matter, ICE, Won Joon Kevin Lee, HANA Center, Javier Cruz, Lauren Underwood, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, DACA
Biden calls for HEROES Act
Major, comprehensive COVID relief package endorsed by president-elect
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Ted CoxJoe Biden, Donald Trump, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell
Durbin calls for Trump, Barr to halt executions
Congressional Dems say death penalty should be suspended for Biden-Harris administration
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Ted CoxIllinois Death Penalty, U.S. Death Penalty, U.S. Executions, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Bill Barr, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Patrick Leahy, Ayanna Pressley, George Ryan
