During its recovery from the Great Recession, Illinois has put seven people on food stamps for every six people added to employment rolls.

Illinois’ dismal business climate continues to inhibit jobs growth, especially in manufacturing, as the state put 25 people on food stamps for every factory job created during the recovery from the Great Recession.

In the other Great Lakes states, workers are more likely to be able to find a manufacturing opportunity than a government job.

Areas of Illinois that are driven by backbone industries such as manufacturing are being hollowed out. That reality is showing up in the form of government dependence.

Localities don’t need to wait for Springfield to make the state work again.

Illinois’ jobs crisis has led to a dependency crisis.

More and more households becoming dependent on food stamps reveals the true impact of Illinois’ sputtering economy.

More than one in five Illinois households are dependent on food stamps.