Female Chicagoans 21% more likely to be impoverished than males

By Bryce Hill

11/03/2023

The male-female poverty gap is higher in Chicago than in other cities.

Poverty highest for Black, Asian Chicagoans; lower for white, Hispanic residents

By Bryce Hill

11/03/2023

Poverty in Chicago’s Black community is on the rise despite falling to record lows nationally.

Census: 97% of Illinoisans moving out head to lower-tax states

By Bryce Hill

11/01/2023

State-to-state migration estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau showed Illinois lost residents to 36 states and Washington, D.C. Nearly all the former Illinoisans moved to lower-tax states.

Want to eradicate Chicago poverty? Create more full-time jobs

By Bryce Hill

10/27/2023

Data shows full-time, year-round employment virtually guarantees Chicagoans will live above the poverty line.

5 problems with report implying Illinois is growing. Problem No. 1: it’s not

By Bryce Hill

10/25/2023

Authors left out key data that contradicted their findings to claim Illinois’ population is growing. Evidence Illinois is shrinking comes independently from the IRS, U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois Department of Revenue and multiple moving companies.

1 in 6 Chicago third graders can read at level, signaling dismal futures

By Hannah Schmid

10/04/2023

Few Chicago third-grade students can read at grade level. Even fewer low income and minority students are at grade level in reading. Research shows this is a warning sign for Chicago students’ academic success and subsequent earning potential.

TAGS: CPS: Chicago Public Schools

Low 3rd-grade literacy is warning for future learning, earning potential

By Hannah Schmid

10/02/2023

Few Illinois third-grade students can read at grade level. Even fewer low-income and minority students are at grade level in reading. Research shows this is a warning sign for Illinois students’ academic success and adult earning potential.

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Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America

By Bryce Hill

09/26/2023

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...

Illinois recovered pandemic-era job losses in July – a year later than the rest of the country

By Bryce Hill, Justin Carlson

08/17/2023

The state finally surpassed January 2020 job levels after 37 states had already done so, including all of Illinois’ neighbors except Michigan.

Illinois’ unemployment rate for June is 5th-worst in U.S.

By Justin Carlson

07/27/2023

Illinois added 8,400 jobs in June, but unemployment remained high compared to the rest of the nation. The state still hasn’t recovered the jobs it had before the pandemic.

United States Census Bureau

Female Chicagoans 21% more likely to be impoverished than males

Poverty highest for Black, Asian Chicagoans; lower for white, Hispanic residents

Census: 97% of Illinoisans moving out head to lower-tax states

Want to eradicate Chicago poverty? Create more full-time jobs

5 problems with report implying Illinois is growing. Problem No. 1: it’s not

1 in 6 Chicago third graders can read at level, signaling dismal futures

Low 3rd-grade literacy is warning for future learning, earning potential

Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America

Illinois recovered pandemic-era job losses in July – a year later than the rest of the country

Illinois’ unemployment rate for June is 5th-worst in U.S.

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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