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Fact Sheet: $15 Minimum Wage in Illinois

The Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have jointly released a one-page fact sheet on raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour in Illinois. The minimum wage has been at the forefront of state policy action to combat inequality. In January 2019, 19 states raised their minimum wage....
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Is Income Inequality getting worse?

On July 1, at the start of the Independence Day weekend, we learned that income inequality in this country became even worse last year. Economic inequality produces scars that last a lifetime – and even longer. That’s one reason why President Obama said in 2013 that “increasing inequality … challenges the very essence of who...
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