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This article was written by Charles Thomas and featured on ABC7 on August 18, 2014. As Gov. Pat Quinn celebrated the dropping unemployment rate in Illinois, his Republican opponent Bruce Rauner questions the numbers. Both candidates are still spinning last week’s U.S. Department of Labor report that the state’s unemployment rate had fallen 25 percent...
This article was by Greg Hinz and originally featured on Crain’s Chicago Business on August 18, 2014. In what is big news for Rockford and fair-sized news for those in Chicago’s northwestern suburbs, AAR Corp. today announced that it will open a $40 million maintenance facility and create 500 jobs with an expansion at the...
Today, complete data showing Illinois’ unemployment levels was released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The new data show the state’s economy is still struggling and failing to create jobs since the recession. On Thursday, Aug. 14 the Illinois Department of Employment Security, or IDES, released preliminary, but incomplete, data on Illinois’ unemployment rate...
John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, joined James Freeman on Wall Street Journal Live to discuss Republican Bruce Rauner’s chances against incumbent Pat Quinn in the Prairie State’s gubernatorial race. More here.
Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joins David England on Eye on the Market. They discussed how Illinois’ plummeting credit rating is crippling the state’s finances and hurting taxpayers.
Ted Dabrowski, Vice President of Policy at the Illinois Policy Institute, joined Frank Rush on WIBQ-AM in Terre Haute, Indiana. They discussed the massive outmigration of people from Illinois to neighboring states, such as Indiana.
CHAMPAIGN– “My friend’s step parents just moved to Indiana.” People on the move. “Some of my coworkers, two of them now. One’s moved to South Carolina and the other one’s looking at moving there.” It seems everyone knows someone. “My cousin moved down to Indiana.” Leaving Illinois. A newly-released study from the Illinois Policy Institute...