Perusing Gov. Pat Quinn’s website, one can easily find calls for increasing Illinois’ minimum wage to $10 from $8.25. Just a few clicks away is an application to work for the governor, full time: for free. If Quinn did what he says he wants every Illinois employer to do – pay these workers $10 an...

Popular ridesharing company Uber is ready to add 425 new jobs in its Chicago office – but only if Gov. Pat Quinn vetoes a bill recently passed by the Illinois General Assembly that would impose burdensome restrictions on ridesharing services and their drivers. Some businesses tell the state government that they will only create jobs...

Illinois recorded the second-worst growth in gross domestic product of any state in the Midwest, according to this week’s release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Illinois economy grew by just 0.9 percent in 2013. Only Missouri grew slower, at a sluggish 0.8 percent. The state’s growth ranks near the bottom nationally as well....