Illinois spends three times more on workers’ compensation for railroad construction and maintenance than neighboring Indiana.

March jobs data offer a glimpse into what’s driving hoards of Illinoisans out of the state.

Illinois lawmakers have tried and failed to fix a broken system through tax hikes.

Thousands of Illinois manufacturing jobs aren’t going to anonymous sweatshops overseas, they’re simply crossing state lines.

Nearly a third of Illinois layoffs reported in April came from a taxpayer-subsidized move.

For more than a decade, Illinois has been giving select businesses many millions of dollars more in tax credits than the law allows.

The failures of Springfield are many, the state and local crises are real, and the time for action is now.

Over the recession era, Indiana’s workforce grew by 53,000 people while Illinois’ workforce shrank by 200,000 people. If Illinois’ workforce size were benchmarked to Indiana’s over the recession era, Illinois’ unemployment rate would be 10.3 percent today.

Nearly 2 in 5 workers in the U.S. need government permission just to do their jobs.