por Jacqui Guillen | 30 de noviembre de 2023 | POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza, Utilidades
A huge congratulations to POWER-PAC IL’s Stepping Out of Poverty Campaign for organizing and calling out the outlandish rate hike proposals from Peoples Gas, Ameren, and Nicor for nearly a year! On Nov. 16, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) significantly reduced...
por Jacqui Guillen | Oct 12, 2023 | En los medios, POWER-PAC IL, Saliendo de la pobreza, Utilidades
Peoples Gas asked the ICC (Illinois Commerce Commission) to approve a record rate hike, but the increase would harm families struggling to keep up with rising gas bills. POWER-PAC IL Co-President Donna Carpenter explains to CBS Chicago why a rate hike is...
por Administrador de COFI | Abr 15, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“Rosalia Salgado, a mother and vice president of POWER-PAC IL, said that money could lessen the economic burden on families. They could catch up on their bills or have money for activities with their children. It could also mean mothers might feel more...
por Administrador de COFI | Mar 29, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“After nearly 30 years in the United States, Liliana Olayo has personally experienced how those systems have neglected her, she told researchers. She immigrated to Chicago from Mexico when she was 17 and often felt cast aside. Olayo took classes to learn...
por Administrador de COFI | Mar 28, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“In Illinois, advocates and neighbors held a rally at the Bronzeville Children’s Museum – the nation’s only children’s museum dedicated to teaching Black history to kids– to promote the the importance of a bill to create a $700 per child Child Tax Credit for...
por Administrador de COFI | Feb 19, 2023 | En los medios, Saliendo de la pobreza
“When Joan Van is sick, she doesn’t get paid. The East St. Louis-area restaurant server and single mother of three said she works doubles to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick. ‘You can’t let your kids see you break down because...
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