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Press Room

Upcoming IIRON events, press releases, reports and media coverage are listed here:

Recent Press Coverage

Chicago Tribune: “Business Tax Breaks Under State Microscope”, March 3, 2012, Although we are not mentioned in the article, Make Wall Street Pay Illinois (of which IIRON is a member) co-released the Good Jobs First report that is heavily cited in this article.

Riverbender.com and WBGZ: Fat Cat Rally

CBS Rockford: LIVE at 6 P.M. Be sure to click on link on 3rd link (located just above the “recommend on Facebook” button)

Progress Illinois: Chicagoans Call On Quinn to Close Corporate Tax Loopholes

The Chicago Reporter: Activists in Illinois Push to Tip Scales in Favor of Civil Society

Progress Illinois: Number of the Week: 6,230

Reuters: Protests Intensify as Mortgage Settlement Nears

Progress Illinois: Southside Organization Gives “Occupy” New Meaning

Sun Times: Occupy Draws on MLK’s Legacy

Tribune: Religious Leaders, Occupy Celebrate King

Progress Illinois: Occupy Chicago, Religious Leaders Use MLK Holiday as Means to Call for Change

Past Press Releases

February 20, 2012 – Jobs MIA Despite Costly Corporate Tax Breaks

January 23, 2012 – Clergy, Homeowners Demand AG Madigan Withdraw from 50 State Robosigning Settlement

January 19, 2012 – South Side Community Leaders Liberate Vacant, Foreclosed Home

January 17, 2012 – Northsiders March on Bank of America to Stop Evanston Foreclosure

January 15, 2012 – “Occupy the Dream” MLK Event Kicks off Week of Protests Against the Reign of the 1%