An ordinance that would immediately allow thousands of food-cart street vendors the freedom to serve their communities sits before Emanuel’s City Council, and along with it the potential for explosive growth in the industry.
Many of the reforms that were so effective in Michigan are included in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative agenda for Illinois.
Those resilient enough to stay in the labor market are increasingly looking to other states for opportunity.
Policy pain points continue to kill blue-collar jobs in Illinois.
Janitorial, food-service and coal jobs are among the casualties of mass layoffs in June.
The state’s beleaguered manufacturing sector is hurting worker interests.
Illinois’ death tax, corporate franchise tax and LLC fees cause disproportionate economic harm compared to how much tax revenue they generate.
For inner-city families without the luxury of a private education, an Illinois manufacturing job is and always has been the first rung up the economic ladder.
Illinois is home to the worst manufacturing recovery in the entire Midwest.
The economic report is yet another indictment of the status quo in Illinois.
CLICK HERE FOR LIVESTREAM The joint hearing will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30 A.M. EST. Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Congressman Charles Boustany (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will...
Illinois suffered the loss of 2,500 manufacturing jobs in May, and is down 7,900 factory jobs in 2015.
A new report from the Illinois Policy Institute details an insidious poverty trap created by the “welfare cliff.”
On national, regional and county-level comparisons, the report was negative for Illinois.