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Tag: Poverty

Bill seeks pay raise for Illinois’ tipped workers

Bill seeks pay raise for Illinois’ tipped workers

— February 14, 2022

A bill in the Illinois House would do away with the sub-minimum wage paid to waitresses, bartenders and other tipped service workers. Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Chicago, introduced House…

  • Report: Black, rural, Medicaid mothers more likely to die after childbirth

    Report: Black, rural, Medicaid mothers more likely to die after childbirth

    — April 29, 2021

    SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday, April 29 issued its second report on maternal mortality rates in the state, which found there were 103 pregnancy-associated…

  • Monroe County remains rare Illinois bright spot in population growth

    Monroe County remains rare Illinois bright spot in population growth

    — October 16, 2019

    Monroe County continues to be among the few counties in Illinois experiencing population growth, according to American Community Survey results, released Sept. 26 by the U.S. Census…

  • Being poor as kid here also affects adult income

    Being poor as kid here also affects adult income

    — May 8, 2015

    Children growing up poor in Winnebago County face additional economic penalties as adults. A study released last week by Harvard University researchers suggests that growing up in poor…

  • Leavitt: 2020 New Year’s resolution: The Poverty Diet

    Leavitt: 2020 New Year’s resolution: The Poverty Diet

    — January 7, 2020

    I’m thrilled that we have fixed our $22 trillion national debt by denying profligate $127 monthly food stamp payments. Got ’er done! About $1 billion a year is wasted on Americans…

  • Summits puts Madison County’s social issues out front

    Summits puts Madison County’s social issues out front

    — September 26, 2018

    With Madison County widely cited as an epicenter of the nation’s opioid crisis, top U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials descended on Edwardsville, Sept….

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