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Health care tax could cost Democrats seats

January 8, 2010 By John Wojcik

At a press conference yesterday a liberal House Democrat leading the congressional push against the Senate plan to tax workers' health benefits said the plan would cost Democratic seats.

$100 million for green jobs training brings hope for jobless

January 8, 2010 By Teresa Albano

Despite a depressed economy, Joliet, Ill., ironworker Ken Kobus is optimistic.

Clean energy manufacturing wins federal boost

January 8, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu

President Obama announced funding for tax credits to promote new job growth in the clean energy manufacturing sector.

Lawsuit claims racial bias in Illinois transit funding

January 8, 2010

Chicago Transit Authority riders filed a class action lawsuit charging the state's underfunding of the city's public transit, compared to the suburban rail system, discriminates against minorities.

‘War on terror’ zeroes in on Yemen

January 8, 2010 By Susan Webb

A few things we need to know about Yemen: strategic location, oil, a Very Important Neighbor, imperialism and Cold War history, poverty and economic/environmental crisis.