The audacity of broke By Austin Berg 01/25/2018 Illinois is broke. But leaders don’t act like it. TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, budget, collective bargaining, ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, outmigration, taxes
Hold on to your wallets, Springfield back in session for 2018 By Austin Berg 01/18/2018 With statewide elections in November, the 2018 forecast calls for gridlock. TAGS: ILGA: Illinois General Assembly, income tax, Mike Madigan, outmigration, progressive income tax
Giant sucking sound: Illinois lost $3.4B in income to neighboring states since 2010 By Vincent Caruso 01/16/2018 Policy failures have resulted in a steady stream of income flowing to neighboring states. TAGS: outmigration, population
Wisconsin badgers Illinois millennials to hop the state border By Vincent Caruso 01/12/2018 A new ad campaign by the Badger State digs into millennials’ growing disillusion with the Land of Lincoln. TAGS: millennials, outmigration, population, Wisconsin
IRS: Illinois saw net loss of 101,000 people to neighboring states since 2010 By Vincent Caruso 01/10/2018 Illinois’ failure to keep and attract residents is driving the Land of Lincoln’s population decline. TAGS: IRS: Internal Revenue Service, outmigration, population
Moving company: Illinois tops list for outbound moves in 2017 By Vincent Caruso 01/09/2018 A series of recent reports have illustrated the severity of the Land of Lincoln’s outmigration trend. TAGS: outmigration, population
Like a good neighbor: Illinois sees record loss of people to nearby states By Austin Berg 01/04/2018 Solving Illinois’ people problem requires addressing the high cost of government, which makes the state far less attractive for people looking to plant roots. TAGS: income tax, outmigration, pensions, population, property taxes, taxes
Illinois losing 1 resident every 4.6 minutes to other states By Austin Berg 12/23/2017 Heavy losses of Illinoisans to other states have caused the Land of Lincoln to shrink for four consecutive years. TAGS: outmigration, population, taxes
Stocking full of coal: Illinois shrinkage poses major problems By Austin Berg 12/21/2017 The continuing erosion of Illinois’ tax base is the state’s most pressing budget problem. TAGS: income tax, outmigration, property taxes, taxes, U.S. Census Bureau
Census: Illinois loses title of 5th-largest state to Pennsylvania By Austin Berg 12/20/2017 Census data released Dec. 20 show the Land of Lincoln is no longer the fifth-largest state in the U.S. TAGS: outmigration, Pennsylvania, population, U.S. Census Bureau