Story TOpics. Search Yellow Pages. Illegal immigration increases income inequality and corrupts our democracy. No trained economist can deny that since the founding of the republic to the present day, immigrants â mostly legal but some not â have contributed mightily to our dynamic economy.
State Board of Equalization (California) The State Board of Equalization (BOE) is a public agency charged with tax administration and fee collection in the state of California in the United States.
The ERA in the States. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification by both houses of their state legislatures. A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution when approved by three-fourths (38) of the 50 states.During the next five years, 35 states approved the amendment.PRINGFIELD -- More than 40 years after it passed Congress and 30 years after the 'Equal Rights Amendment' lapsed after failing to get 38 states needed to ratify it, three state Representatives are introducing a bill to have Illinois ratify it.