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INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. That’s according to a Pew Research Center poll released this month, which found that “about 6-in-10 U.S. adults say there’s too much economicinequality
TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The study found that Illinois farmers have received $1.1 billion from the Market Facilitation Program over the last year-plus. According to the USDA data, $1 billion went to soybean farmers, $21 million to corn growers, and $17 million to hog farmers. It found that Gingerich Farms in Lovington was the top recipient last year, with $750,000, and WHAT’S WRONG WITH ILLINOIS? Those who blame Illinois’s taxes and dire fiscal straits for driving people out of the state — like our counterparts at the Illinois Policy Institute — should just maybe look in the mirror when it comes to asking why everyone is suddenly so down on the Land of Lincoln. Former state Sen. Mike Jacobs, of East Moline, said thatstarts at the
HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST STERIGENICS REOPENING In The Milkweeds Best People. Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening. ‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting. Local residents gather in Willowbrook Thursday evening ahead of a public meeting held by the IEPA on Sterigenics. (Facebook/Rianna Conev Bachan)CAIRO COMEBACK
Cairo comeback. Mayor Tyrone Coleman seeks revival as rising tide lifts all boats. By Ted Cox. Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman knows his town can revive to be a vital force in trade, commerce, and culture. He knows because he’s seen the town humming like that himself. “When I grew up here, this was like the hub of the tristate area,” saidthe
CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY The new version of CEJA will make Illinois a national model for addressing climate change and restoring the public’s trust by requiring significant accountability, transparency, and ethics requirements for utilities.”. Darin declared the changes make CEJA “even stronger” on economic and social-equity issues, and activists from across RURAL AREAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM GREAT RECESSION Urban areas suffered in the Great Recession 10 years ago, but bounced back quickly, while rural regions never recovered, according to a new study from a nonpartisan, progressive policy institute. The Center for American Progress published a study last month finding that fewer new businesses were created in the recovery after the Great Recession ILLINOIS MONARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE The Illinois Monarch Project, led by state agricultural groups and agencies, announced a 20-year plan to benefit monarchs butterflies a year ago that set a goal to plant 150 million stems of milkweed statewide by 2038. The project has now launched a new website urging Illinoisans to “be the super generation that saves the monarchs.”. COUNTERCYCLICAL AID: COMMON SENSE The idea of countercyclical aid sounds counterintuitive, but it couldn’t make any more common sense. Raise taxes and cut spending in boom times, to build up a surplus and a rainy-day fund, and increase spending and cut taxes in times of crisis, the better to minimize the damage and spur a recovery. Unfortunately, under President Trump, the OPINION: MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, SUPPORT INDIAN RIGHTS By Harish Patel, Pushkar Sharma, and Sufyan Sohel. Today, on International Human Rights Day, we urge Mayor Lightfoot to publicly support a nonbinding Chicago City Council resolution ( R2020-583) honoring India’s Republic and Democracy. The resolution stands up for human rights and equality. It condemns religiously motivatedviolence and
INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. That’s according to a Pew Research Center poll released this month, which found that “about 6-in-10 U.S. adults say there’s too much economicinequality
TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The study found that Illinois farmers have received $1.1 billion from the Market Facilitation Program over the last year-plus. According to the USDA data, $1 billion went to soybean farmers, $21 million to corn growers, and $17 million to hog farmers. It found that Gingerich Farms in Lovington was the top recipient last year, with $750,000, and WHAT’S WRONG WITH ILLINOIS? Those who blame Illinois’s taxes and dire fiscal straits for driving people out of the state — like our counterparts at the Illinois Policy Institute — should just maybe look in the mirror when it comes to asking why everyone is suddenly so down on the Land of Lincoln. Former state Sen. Mike Jacobs, of East Moline, said thatstarts at the
HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST STERIGENICS REOPENING In The Milkweeds Best People. Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening. ‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting. Local residents gather in Willowbrook Thursday evening ahead of a public meeting held by the IEPA on Sterigenics. (Facebook/Rianna Conev Bachan)CAIRO COMEBACK
Cairo comeback. Mayor Tyrone Coleman seeks revival as rising tide lifts all boats. By Ted Cox. Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman knows his town can revive to be a vital force in trade, commerce, and culture. He knows because he’s seen the town humming like that himself. “When I grew up here, this was like the hub of the tristate area,” saidthe
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CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY By Ted Cox. Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter, proclaimed “a strong sense of urgency” to pass the bill in the midst of a pandemic, a nationwide call for racial justice, and “a crisis of confidence in ILLINOIS MONARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE The Illinois Monarch Project, led by state agricultural groups and agencies, announced a 20-year plan to benefit monarchs butterflies a year ago that set a goal to plant 150 million stems of milkweed statewide by 2038. The project has now launched a new website urging Illinoisans to “be the super generation that saves the monarchs.”. HOSPITAL WORKERS CALL FOR HAZARD PAY, MORE COVID TESTING Hospital workers are calling for hazard pay and increased testing for COVID-19 as they labor on the “front lines” of the coronavirus pandemic. The Service Employees International Union’s Healthcare Illinois held a news teleconference Tuesday in which hospital workers aside from doctors and nurses, such as technicians and housekeepers CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ACT: NOW MORE THAN EVER The Clean Energy Jobs Act got pushed to the back burner with the abbreviated spring session of the General Assembly last week. The irony there is that it might be even more critical now with the need to revive the economy in the coronavirus pandemic. Calling it a “robust plan to bring jobs and revitalization” to communitiesstatewide, state
OPEN ROAD FOR ROUTE 66 COMMISSION By Ted Cox. There’s nothing but open road ahead for the Route 66 Centennial Commission. A bill to establish an organization to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “Main Street of America” passed the U.S. House Tuesday and heads to the White House for the president’s signature. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin passedthe bill
AFRICAN AMERICANS MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS A new study finds that, across Illinois, African Americans are more than eight times more likely than whites to find themselves without a home. Working from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development data, Housing Action Illinois found that African Americans make up 14 percent of the state population, but 30 percent of those in poverty HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST STERIGENICS REOPENING In The Milkweeds Best People. Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening. ‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting. Local residents gather in Willowbrook Thursday evening ahead of a public meeting held by the IEPA on Sterigenics. (Facebook/Rianna Conev Bachan) SIUC UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT DROPS BELOW 10,000 By Ted Cox. Undergraduate enrollment at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus has dropped below 10,000. According to the "fall enrollment snapshot" released by the university Tuesday, undergraduate enrollment fell from 10,896 last year to 9,447 this year, a loss of 1,449 undergrads or a 13.3 percent decline.Overall enrollment dropped from 14,554 to 12,817, a 12 percent FROM TOGO TO THE QUAD CITIES By Ted Cox. Most people think of missionaries as going to Africa or Asia to do the work of God, but it’s the other way around at Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline, where Father Jean deDieu Ahorloo, from the West African nation of Togo, is the parochial vicar and conducts a Togolese mass once a month. “Before, the Europeans would go to Africa, and now we are coming here,” Ahorloo1IL
1IL. YouTube. A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! Featured. Feb 3, 2021. We are one Illinois. Feb 3, 2021. If nothing else, the last three-plus years have made clear the case for unity in our state and across thecountry.
KINZINGER VOTED FOR, WITH TRUMP BEFORE TURNING Kinzinger voted for, with Trump before turning. Republicans suddenly scurry away from president in his last weeks in office. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has won praise for resisting President Trump’s efforts to undermine the election results, but he voted for Trump in November and voted overwhelmingly with the president in his first twoyears
RURAL AREAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM GREAT RECESSION Urban areas suffered in the Great Recession 10 years ago, but bounced back quickly, while rural regions never recovered, according to a new study from a nonpartisan, progressive policy institute. The Center for American Progress published a study last month finding that fewer new businesses were created in the recovery after the Great Recession CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY The new version of CEJA will make Illinois a national model for addressing climate change and restoring the public’s trust by requiring significant accountability, transparency, and ethics requirements for utilities.”. Darin declared the changes make CEJA “even stronger” on economic and social-equity issues, and activists from across ILLINOIS MONARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE The Illinois Monarch Project, led by state agricultural groups and agencies, announced a 20-year plan to benefit monarchs butterflies a year ago that set a goal to plant 150 million stems of milkweed statewide by 2038. The project has now launched a new website urging Illinoisans to “be the super generation that saves the monarchs.”. COUNTERCYCLICAL AID: COMMON SENSE The idea of countercyclical aid sounds counterintuitive, but it couldn’t make any more common sense. Raise taxes and cut spending in boom times, to build up a surplus and a rainy-day fund, and increase spending and cut taxes in times of crisis, the better to minimize the damage and spur a recovery. Unfortunately, under President Trump, the TROOPERS HELP BEAR CROSS I-72 Troopers help bear cross I-72. ‘Bruno’ heads south near Barry west of Springfield, aided by Illinois State Police, IDNR Conservation Police. A bear, nicknamed “Bruno” by Illinois State Police, crosses Interstate 72 Monday on its way south, near Barry between Springfield and Hannibal, Mo. (Facebook/Illinois State Police) By TedCox.
CHICAGO ACTIVISTS PLOT RESPONSE TO ICE ACADEMY CHICAGO — Activists called out the Trump administration Tuesday for what they consider a multi-pronged attack on aspiring immigrants in a news conference outside a federal building in Chicago. “It is a coordinated attack that requires a coordinated political response, and we are ready,” said Sandra Diaz of the Mano a Mano Family Resource TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The study found that Illinois farmers have received $1.1 billion from the Market Facilitation Program over the last year-plus. According to the USDA data, $1 billion went to soybean farmers, $21 million to corn growers, and $17 million to hog farmers. It found that Gingerich Farms in Lovington was the top recipient last year, with $750,000, and INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. That’s according to a Pew Research Center poll released this month, which found that “about 6-in-10 U.S. adults say there’s too much economicinequality
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1IL. YouTube. A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! Featured. Feb 3, 2021. We are one Illinois. Feb 3, 2021. If nothing else, the last three-plus years have made clear the case for unity in our state and across thecountry.
KINZINGER VOTED FOR, WITH TRUMP BEFORE TURNING Kinzinger voted for, with Trump before turning. Republicans suddenly scurry away from president in his last weeks in office. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has won praise for resisting President Trump’s efforts to undermine the election results, but he voted for Trump in November and voted overwhelmingly with the president in his first twoyears
RURAL AREAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM GREAT RECESSION Urban areas suffered in the Great Recession 10 years ago, but bounced back quickly, while rural regions never recovered, according to a new study from a nonpartisan, progressive policy institute. The Center for American Progress published a study last month finding that fewer new businesses were created in the recovery after the Great Recession CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY The new version of CEJA will make Illinois a national model for addressing climate change and restoring the public’s trust by requiring significant accountability, transparency, and ethics requirements for utilities.”. Darin declared the changes make CEJA “even stronger” on economic and social-equity issues, and activists from across ILLINOIS MONARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE The Illinois Monarch Project, led by state agricultural groups and agencies, announced a 20-year plan to benefit monarchs butterflies a year ago that set a goal to plant 150 million stems of milkweed statewide by 2038. The project has now launched a new website urging Illinoisans to “be the super generation that saves the monarchs.”. COUNTERCYCLICAL AID: COMMON SENSE The idea of countercyclical aid sounds counterintuitive, but it couldn’t make any more common sense. Raise taxes and cut spending in boom times, to build up a surplus and a rainy-day fund, and increase spending and cut taxes in times of crisis, the better to minimize the damage and spur a recovery. Unfortunately, under President Trump, the TROOPERS HELP BEAR CROSS I-72 Troopers help bear cross I-72. ‘Bruno’ heads south near Barry west of Springfield, aided by Illinois State Police, IDNR Conservation Police. A bear, nicknamed “Bruno” by Illinois State Police, crosses Interstate 72 Monday on its way south, near Barry between Springfield and Hannibal, Mo. (Facebook/Illinois State Police) By TedCox.
CHICAGO ACTIVISTS PLOT RESPONSE TO ICE ACADEMY CHICAGO — Activists called out the Trump administration Tuesday for what they consider a multi-pronged attack on aspiring immigrants in a news conference outside a federal building in Chicago. “It is a coordinated attack that requires a coordinated political response, and we are ready,” said Sandra Diaz of the Mano a Mano Family Resource TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The study found that Illinois farmers have received $1.1 billion from the Market Facilitation Program over the last year-plus. According to the USDA data, $1 billion went to soybean farmers, $21 million to corn growers, and $17 million to hog farmers. It found that Gingerich Farms in Lovington was the top recipient last year, with $750,000, and INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. That’s according to a Pew Research Center poll released this month, which found that “about 6-in-10 U.S. adults say there’s too much economicinequality
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1IL. YouTube. A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! Featured. Feb 3, 2021. We are one Illinois. Feb 3, 2021. If nothing else, the last three-plus years have made clear the case for unity in our state and across thecountry.
ILLINOIS MONARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES WEBSITE The Illinois Monarch Project, led by state agricultural groups and agencies, announced a 20-year plan to benefit monarchs butterflies a year ago that set a goal to plant 150 million stems of milkweed statewide by 2038. The project has now launched a new website urging Illinoisans to “be the super generation that saves the monarchs.”. KINZINGER VOTED FOR, WITH TRUMP BEFORE TURNING Kinzinger voted for, with Trump before turning. Republicans suddenly scurry away from president in his last weeks in office. Congressman Adam Kinzinger has won praise for resisting President Trump’s efforts to undermine the election results, but he voted for Trump in November and voted overwhelmingly with the president in his first twoyears
CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY By Ted Cox. Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter, proclaimed “a strong sense of urgency” to pass the bill in the midst of a pandemic, a nationwide call for racial justice, and “a crisis of confidence in DAILY DEBUNK: TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS Daily Debunk: Trickle-down economics. It’s never worked, it’s responsible for decades of increasing income inequality, and it’s no excuse not to raise taxes on the wealthy. Will Rogers (right) and Seattle Mayor Charles Smith in 1935, shortly before Rogers’s ill-fated airplane trip to Alaska. Rogers is credited with coining“trickle
TAX FLIGHT: MYTH VERSUS REALITY Some 70,000 left for Texas, with an average income of $76,000, indicating much the same. But the third most likely place for Illinoisans to move was Indiana, and the average income of those people was $53,000. The only state to attract Illinoisans with a lower average salary was, not coincidentally, Missouri, at $52,000. StateRep.
DUCKWORTH BLISTERS TRUMP ON 'MISUSE' OF MILITARY Charging that Trump “threatened to exploit the most powerful military on the face of the earth, disrespecting our troops in the process,” Duckworth added, “To then see the secretary of defense, a West Point graduate who swore to never ‘lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do,’ and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff walking like lapdogs behind a five-time draft-dodging AFRICAN AMERICANS MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS A new study finds that, across Illinois, African Americans are more than eight times more likely than whites to find themselves without a home. Working from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development data, Housing Action Illinois found that African Americans make up 14 percent of the state population, but 30 percent of those in poverty HUNDREDS PROTEST AGAINST STERIGENICS REOPENING In The Milkweeds Best People. Hundreds protest against Sterigenics reopening. ‘We want them gone,’ says Stop Sterigenics, after ‘fairly contentious’ public meeting. Local residents gather in Willowbrook Thursday evening ahead of a public meeting held by the IEPA on Sterigenics. (Facebook/Rianna Conev Bachan) FROM TOGO TO THE QUAD CITIES By Ted Cox. Most people think of missionaries as going to Africa or Asia to do the work of God, but it’s the other way around at Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline, where Father Jean deDieu Ahorloo, from the West African nation of Togo, is the parochial vicar and conducts a Togolese mass once a month. “Before, the Europeans would go to Africa, and now we are coming here,” Ahorloo1IL
A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY By Ted Cox. Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter, proclaimed “a strong sense of urgency” to pass the bill in the midst of a pandemic, a nationwide call for racial justice, and “a crisis of confidence in RURAL AREAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM GREAT RECESSION By Ted Cox. Urban areas suffered in the Great Recession 10 years ago, but bounced back quickly, while rural regions never recovered,according to
COUNTERCYCLICAL AID: COMMON SENSE “The situation is no different at the state level, it’s just that the funding problem is larger and more multifaceted. What we need right now in Illinois is for the state government to give renters and homeowners relief and fund critical social services, to help cities — which have also suffered lost tax revenue — pay for police and CHICAGO ACTIVISTS PLOT RESPONSE TO ICE ACADEMY The groups joined with others that are already planning a “People’s Academy” march in Chicago on Sept. 15, the date the ICE academy is said to launch in Chicago. The ICE Citizens Academy has already drawn flak across the Illinois congressional delegation, including U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston and Mike Quigley and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Chicago. TROOPERS HELP BEAR CROSS I-72 Ted Cox June 29, 2020 Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Lee, Protecting Renters From Evictions and Fees Act, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, J.B. Pritzker, Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich, Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Shamus Roller, National OPEN ROAD FOR ROUTE 66 COMMISSION By Ted Cox. There’s nothing but open road ahead for the Route 66 Centennial Commission. A bill to establish an organization to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “Main Street of America” passed the U.S. House Tuesday and heads to the White House for the president’s signature. UIHLEIN FUNDED U.S. CAPITOL PROTEST GROUP By Ted Cox. Democratic attorneys general across the country are calling on their Republican counterparts to reject political donations from a pair of Illinois billionaires after they contributed money to groups behind the protest that led to the assault on the U.S. Capitollast week.
INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The group charged that big farms found ways to work around the supposed maximum payment in last year’s first round, stating, “Although USDA initially said it would place a $125,000 cap on MFP payments, the department chose to apply rules that allow relatives who do not contribute meaningful work on the farm to receive farm payments, allowing many farm businesses to evade the1IL
A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY By Ted Cox. Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter, proclaimed “a strong sense of urgency” to pass the bill in the midst of a pandemic, a nationwide call for racial justice, and “a crisis of confidence in RURAL AREAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM GREAT RECESSION By Ted Cox. Urban areas suffered in the Great Recession 10 years ago, but bounced back quickly, while rural regions never recovered,according to
COUNTERCYCLICAL AID: COMMON SENSE “The situation is no different at the state level, it’s just that the funding problem is larger and more multifaceted. What we need right now in Illinois is for the state government to give renters and homeowners relief and fund critical social services, to help cities — which have also suffered lost tax revenue — pay for police and CHICAGO ACTIVISTS PLOT RESPONSE TO ICE ACADEMY The groups joined with others that are already planning a “People’s Academy” march in Chicago on Sept. 15, the date the ICE academy is said to launch in Chicago. The ICE Citizens Academy has already drawn flak across the Illinois congressional delegation, including U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston and Mike Quigley and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Chicago. TROOPERS HELP BEAR CROSS I-72 Ted Cox June 29, 2020 Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Lee, Protecting Renters From Evictions and Fees Act, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID-19 Economic Collapse, J.B. Pritzker, Jan Schakowsky, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, Robert Reich, Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Shamus Roller, National OPEN ROAD FOR ROUTE 66 COMMISSION By Ted Cox. There’s nothing but open road ahead for the Route 66 Centennial Commission. A bill to establish an organization to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “Main Street of America” passed the U.S. House Tuesday and heads to the White House for the president’s signature. UIHLEIN FUNDED U.S. CAPITOL PROTEST GROUP By Ted Cox. Democratic attorneys general across the country are calling on their Republican counterparts to reject political donations from a pair of Illinois billionaires after they contributed money to groups behind the protest that led to the assault on the U.S. Capitollast week.
INCOME INEQUALITY: HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM? By Ted Cox. Voters agree that income inequality is a problem, but when it comes to actually taking action it tends to fall behind other issues like health care, guns, and climate change. TRUMP TARIFF BAILOUT GOES TO BIGGEST FARMS The group charged that big farms found ways to work around the supposed maximum payment in last year’s first round, stating, “Although USDA initially said it would place a $125,000 cap on MFP payments, the department chose to apply rules that allow relatives who do not contribute meaningful work on the farm to receive farm payments, allowing many farm businesses to evade the1IL
A look back on the stories and events that defined our first year. Here's to the years to come! CEJA: STRONGER THAN DIRTY ENERGY By Ted Cox. Proponents of the Clean Energy Jobs Act are pushing a series of changes to the bill as key to its possible passage this fall. On a media teleconference Wednesday, Jack Darin, director of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter, proclaimed “a strong sense of urgency” to pass the bill in the midst of a pandemic, a nationwide call for racial justice, and “a crisis of confidence in OPEN ROAD FOR ROUTE 66 COMMISSION By Ted Cox. There’s nothing but open road ahead for the Route 66 Centennial Commission. A bill to establish an organization to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the “Main Street of America” passed the U.S. House Tuesday and heads to the White House for the president’s signature. OPINION: MAYOR LIGHTFOOT, SUPPORT INDIAN RIGHTS By Harish Patel, Pushkar Sharma, and Sufyan Sohel. Today, on International Human Rights Day, we urge Mayor Lightfoot to publicly support a nonbinding Chicago City Council resolution honoring India’s Republic and Democracy.The resolution stands up for human rights and equality. CLEAN ENERGY JOBS ACT: NOW MORE THAN EVER By Ted Cox. The Clean Energy Jobs Act got pushed to the back burner with the abbreviated spring session of the General Assembly last week. The irony there is that it might be even more critical now with the need to revive the economy in the coronavirus pandemic. DAILY DEBUNK: TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS Will Rogers (right) and Seattle Mayor Charles Smith in 1935, shortly before Rogers’s ill-fated airplane trip to Alaska. Rogers is credited with coining “trickle down” as in trickle-down economics. TAX FLIGHT: MYTH VERSUS REALITY By Ted Cox. The forces opposed to any and all taxes are fighting the fair tax advocated by Gov. Pritzker by charging that it will prompt wealthy Illinoisans to flee to other states. PRITZKER SIGNS BILL CONSOLIDATING LOCAL PENSIONS By Ted Cox. CHICAGO — Gov. Pritzker signed into law Wednesday a bill to consolidate 649 local police and firefighter pension funds into two — a move that should produce savings on administrative costs, gains in investment returns, and reductions in property taxes, while assuring those first responders a secure retirement. AFRICAN AMERICANS MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS In addition to segregation and discrimination, the brief blamed a racial wage gap and increased housing costs. On average, an African American makes 52 cents for every dollar a white person earns statewide, and just 42 cents on the dollar in the Springfield area. FROM TOGO TO THE QUAD CITIES By Ted Cox. Most people think of missionaries as going to Africa or Asia to do the work of God, but it’s the other way around at Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline, where Father Jean deDieu Ahorloo, from the West African nation of Togo, is the parochial vicar and conducts a Togolese mass once a month. “Before, the Europeans would go to Africa, and now we are coming here,” Ahorloo Podcasts Stories Videos About Contact Back In The Milkweeds Best People Podcasts In The Milkweeds Best People Stories Videos AboutContact
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