Street light. For other uses, see Streetlight (disambiguation). A street light, light pole, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway. Modern lamps may also have light-sensitive photocells that activate automatically when light is or is not needed: dusk, dawn, or the onset of dark weather.
The cost of living in Illinois (IL) is higher than the nationwide average. The average yearly pay in Illinois is $52,590.00, which is higher than the U.S. average annual salary by $2,782.00. The consumer price index (CPI) of 235 in Illinois is 0.86% higher than the U.S. city average CPI of 233.
While [living cost adjustment] has resulted in an average benefit increase of 4.1% over the past 40 years, benefits have gone up an average of just 2% over the past 10 years. There were no increases in 2010 and 2011.nd that means no cost of living increase for some 65 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits. This is only the third time that's happened since 1975, when automatic inflation adjustments began.