Despite years of taxpayer subsidies, rail car manufacturer Nippon Sharyo has closed its Rochelle plant – pointing to a reality some politicians don’t want to face.
“My folks all came from small towns, Livingston and Benld. I was born in Belleville, raised in Collinsville. “Some people can pack up and leave as soon as they graduate from high school or college and never look back. Me and my wife were never like that. “This is our life. Our whole life, we’ve...
The Industrial Hemp Act will plant the seeds for the growth of commercial hemp production across Illinois.
A recent survey found Illinois to be the least accommodating state in the nation for small businesses.
Illinois experienced its sixth consecutive month of jobs growth in July, yet continues to trail the pace of growth in the rest of the nation for 2018.
A new law will ensure Illinoisans don’t lose their right to practice their professions if they fall behind on student loan payments.
State lawmakers should seize the momentum in Illinois. Let your people brew. And transport. And sell.
City bureaucracy – not consumer complaints – has left thousands of Chicago hosts barred from the Airbnb platform.
State agencies can no longer pile rules and regulations onto Illinois businesses without first taking into account their economic effects.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill 2436 on Aug. 2, a move that will increase local control over liquor licensure.
While a majority of Illinois metro areas experienced expanding payrolls in June, the state still lags the nation in post-recession jobs growth.
Illinois added 18,100 new jobs in June, the highest monthly increase since summer 2017, but the Prairie State still lags behind the rest of the nation for the post-recession period.
Many communities in the northern Illinois border county are having trouble attracting and retaining residents.
As national jobs growth kept up a steady clip, Illinois saw jobs growth dip after lawmakers passed a historic tax hike.