Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.

IRS data show the average income of taxpayers leaving Illinois surpassed the average income of taxpayers entering the state by $20,000 in 2014, a record loss for Illinois in the wake of the 2011 income-tax hike.

Illinois’ out-migration of younger workers should concern lawmakers and urge them to pass pro-growth reforms.

Illinois’ 2011 income-tax hike caused out-migration that cost the state high-earning taxpayers. New IRS data show taxpayers who left had an average income of $77,000 per year, compared with taxpayers who entered Illinois, who had an average income of $57,000 per year.

Continued jobs losses in manufacturing underscore the need to reform the state’s onerous tax and regulatory policies.

Vonco is the second major packaging manufacturer to leave Illinois in less than two weeks.

Illinois ranks as the top pumpkin producer in the country, which isn’t much of a consolation given the state’s poor performance in almost every economic category.

Chicagoans’ strong demand for one-way moves to Houston, Texas, and to Naples, Fla., is driving up moving-truck rental costs.

New poll indicates that younger workers want to flee the state the most, and Illinois’ high-tax, anti-growth policies are encouraging them to do so.