Illinois continues to have the worst jobs growth in the region, and tax hikes will only make matters worse.

New Illinois jobs data reveal a state with thousands of job losses, unemployment rising to 5.7 percent, a collapsing manufacturing sector, and several downstate communities sliding back into recession — all of which make the Illinois Senate’s new tax hike proposal especially harmful.

Nippon Sharyo points to prototype difficulties and unspecified business concerns as the main reasons behind the layoffs.

The company plans on moving its white-collar workforce to Naperville, while keeping its manufacturing plant in Michigan.

Latest WARN report sees almost all mass layoff announcements come from Cook County.

Peoria-based heavy-equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has announced a possible move of up to 800 manufacturing jobs out of Aurora.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security’s newly released jobs report shows Illinois’ 1,700 jobs gained in November were concentrated in white-collar service sectors, and that blue-collar fields, such as manufacturing, lost jobs.

CAT announces more layoffs due to anticipated losses in 2017.

Illinois has had the nation’s highest black unemployment rate for 15 months in a row.