Employment is the clearest path out of poverty, but these five low-income professions face more occupational licensing burdens than others in Illinois.

Chicago has one of the highest poverty rates among the nation’s biggest cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Published Sept. 26, 2023 America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare...