Chicago: A new research series by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) has found that billions of dollars in state and local tax subsidies for corporations have yielded far fewer economic benefits than comparable investments in infrastructure and education. Further, instead of being concentrated in distressed areas most in need of economic development, Illinois subsidies...
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AFL-CIO leader bashes Trump’s ‘totally ineffective’ business council after leaving it
President Trump’s manufacturing council isn’t getting much work done, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.”
After the AFL-CIO leader left the president’s manufacturing council following Trump’s highly criticized response to the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., Trumka slammed the council’s lack of productivity. article...