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Recently released data from the Census Bureau shows median household income is on the rise in southwest Illinois.

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To determine if the U.S. middle class could actually disappear, I asked AI models ChatGPT and Perplexity what they thought might happen.

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Today, that standard of living comes with a much higher and sometimes unaffordable price tag.

Here's where Delaware stands among neighboring states in what it takes to be considered middle class.