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Syverson voices concerns over minimum wage increase

On February 7, a costly 15 dollar minimum wage increase to be phased in over the next 6 years was passed out of the Senate.    “With approximately 99 percent of our nation’s businesses being considered a small employer, this is a wage increase that will cost jobs, drive out employers and harm consumers,” said Sen. Syverson. “When considering the

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Syverson seeks to empower voters, pushes for fair maps

Every ten years after the U.S. Census is taken, Illinois redraws its Congressional and Legislative District maps. The current process allows the politicians to draw their own legislative districts taking the people totally out of the process. This then makes legislators beholden to their leaders who draw their districts not to the people they represent. While this has worked well for

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Dave Syverson

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