Illinois lost 5 residents per day to Kentucky in 2015
Expect Kentucky to gain even more Illinoisans in coming years.
4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap
Causes, costs, how to set the state free
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Illinois Senate proposes income tax hike in the face of record out-migration and wealth flight
The Illinois Senate’s proposed budget plan would raise the personal income tax rate to at least 4.95 percent with no real reforms to address the state’s skyrocketing debt and unsustainable spending. This proposal comes despite Illinois’ loss of $14 billion in annual income and hundreds of thousands of people in the wake of the 2011 income tax hike.
Here’s why Moody’s is warning of an Illinois death spiral
Illinois’ weak economic growth and population loss may signal the beginning of a financial death spiral.
Illinois’ 2015-2016 out-migration problem is much more dire than in other Midwestern states
Half of Midwest out-migration losses are coming from Illinois, making it the only shrinking state in the region.
Illinois lost 150,000 university students from 2000-2014
Misplaced priorities in education funding have driven students out of the state and skyrocketed tuition costs.
Moving out: Illinois has country’s worst outbound rate in 2016
Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois.
Our regrettable shrinking state
The U.S. Census Bureau released new migration data Dec. 20, and it’s frightening. Illinois has a massive people problem. From July 2015 to July 2016, the state’s population declined by more than 37,000 people. That’s the worst population loss in the nation, and will likely mean the loss of a seat in the U.S. House...
Illinois losing 1 resident every 4.6 minutes, could fall behind Pennsylvania in population
Illinois has record loss of 114,000 residents to other states in 2016 as population shrinks by 37,500.
Illinois lost 80,000 millennials between 2011-2015
Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.
Illinois’ billions: Pension debt and unpaid bills total more than $140B
Fiscal mismanagement by Illinois politicians has resulted in mounting deficits that are hurting the state’s economy, leading to ever-higher taxes, and driving people and their income out of the state.
