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Illinois saw slowest jobs growth since Blagojevich’s term

State of the State 2020: Illinois jobs grew at half the rate of the rest of the nation

Half of state pension recipients will become millionaires

Typical 30-year career workers in state retirement systems put just 5% toward the cost of their benefits and receive payouts significantly higher than the private sector

Residents moving out of Illinois took up to $12.4 million a day with them

New IRS data reveal the state loses twice as many high earners as it attracts

Illinois sees nation’s worst population decline of the decade

Population loss driven by nearly 853,000 residents leaving Illinois since 2010

Pritzker signs police, fire pension fund consolidation bill with hidden costs

SB 1300 includes pension sweeteners without public cost estimates

Taxpayers face 9 new taxes on Jan. 1

Nine new taxes and fees will take $1.7 billion out of Illinois’ economy and taxpayers’ wallets in 2020.

Small Business Saturday: Illinois’ best job creators experienced sharp slowdown last year

More than 4,600 small business establishments shuttered in Illinois last year, even though they still create the vast majority of the state’s net new jobs.

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s budget avoids major tax hikes but isn’t truly balanced

Chicago’s budget can’t be balanced without a constitutional amendment to align pension costs with what taxpayers can afford

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