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Monthly Archives: March 2018

Infrastructure critical to country’s economic success

by Chris M. Stevens

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Infrastructure. The lifeblood of a successful country. Roads, rails, bridges, airports, schools, clean drinking water, sewer systems, the Internet, etc., all provide the physical connection of a culture. And the means to move product and deliver services.

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Illinois House Testimonies on the Consequences of Repealing Prevailing Wage

On Tuesday, February 27, the Labor and Commerce Committee in the Illinois House held a hearing titled “Impacts of Repealing the Prevailing Wage.” Frank Manzo IV, MPP, Policy Director of the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI); Robert Bruno, Ph.D., Director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois; and Kevin Duncan, Ph.D., Professor...
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