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Illinois strikes out on Amazon HQ2

By Brad Weisenstein
11/15/2018
Amazon picked two of the 20 remaining cities to split its $5 billion, 50,000-job HQ2, with a third city receiving 5,000 jobs. Illinois struck out on all three.

TAGS: Amazon, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, tax credits

Sears files for bankruptcy despite decades of Illinois tax breaks

By Janelle Cammenga
10/16/2018
Sears, a long-time beneficiary of Illinois tax credit programs, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

TAGS: bankruptcy, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, pensions, Sears, Sears Centre, tax credits

One of Illinois’ top tax credit recipients to shutter 1,000-employee HQ

By Austin Berg
09/11/2018
Illinois issued more than $60 million in EDGE tax credits to Takeda Pharmaceuticals from 2003 to 2013, more than any other company received over that time.

TAGS: EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, tax credits, unemployment

Auto parts company to create 100 new Illinois jobs for $1.2M in tax breaks

By Janelle Cammenga
09/06/2018
Following $3.7 million in EDGE tax credits Illinois awarded the company last year, Flex-N-Gate is set to receive a $1.2 million tax break to boost its Danville workforce.

TAGS: Danville, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, tax credits, taxes

Taxpayer-subsidized manufacturer shutters Illinois plant

By Joe Kaiser
08/28/2018
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.

TAGS: EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, Nippon Sharyo, Ogle County, Rochelle, tax credits

Small business owners give Illinois an ‘F’ in friendliness

By Vincent Caruso
08/20/2018
A recent survey found Illinois to be the least accommodating state in the nation for small businesses.

TAGS: EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, income tax, progressive income tax, regulations, sales tax, small business, tax credits, taxes

Amazon scouts to visit Chicago for headquarters bid

By Brendan Bakala
03/20/2018
Amazon’s team will visit 10 proposed sites in Chicago for its second North American headquarters.

TAGS: Amazon, Chicago, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, Rahm Emanuel, tax credits

Illinois’ sweetheart deals tilt against small businesses

By Vincent Caruso
02/13/2018
The state has chosen to coddle some big businesses while punishing the small.

TAGS: EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, small business, taxes

Canadian manufacturer to get $1.1M state tax break deal, local property tax breaks

By Brendan Bakala
12/05/2017
The Brandt Group of Companies inked a deal through Illinois’ state tax credit program and will receive property tax abatements from multiple local governments.

TAGS: Bloomington, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, McLean County, property taxes

Illinois’ Amazon HQ2 offer up to $2.25B in incentives

By Brendan Bakala
10/24/2017
The state’s combined incentives package will reportedly include $1.4 billion in EDGE tax credits, $450 million in improvements, $250 million in new education and workforce programs, and more.

TAGS: Amazon, Bruce Rauner, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, Rahm Emanuel

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Center for Poverty Solutions: How to better assess poverty in Chicago and America


America’s War on Poverty has been an abject failure. Nearly $12 trillion and 60 years later, official poverty rates remain basically unchanged. While the nation waged a well-intentioned assault on poverty, it inadvertently launched a far more sinister war: on dignity. While attempting to eradicate poverty, America created countless government welfare programs. In doing so,...

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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