Illinois’ employment drought and the oases next door

By Austin Berg

04/06/2017

There are 170,000 fewer people working in Illinois since before the Great Recession.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Great Recession, Indiana, IRS: Internal Revenue Service, manufacturing, outmigration, right to work, U.S. Census Bureau, unemployment, Wisconsin, workers compensation

Wisconsin and Indiana hit new all-time highs for number of people working

By Michael Lucci

04/03/2017

In the last decade, Illinois’ economy and the economies of neighboring states have gone in opposite directions, with more people now working in Wisconsin and Indiana combined.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment, IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, Indiana, outmigration, right to work, unemployment, Wisconsin, workers compensation

Illinois lost 86,000 people on net to Wisconsin over the past decade

By Madelyn Harwood

02/02/2017

Illinois lost almost 24 residents per day to Wisconsin from 2006 through 2015.

TAGS: outmigration, population, Wisconsin

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Illinois’ employment drought and the oases next door

Wisconsin and Indiana hit new all-time highs for number of people working

Illinois lost 86,000 people on net to Wisconsin over the past decade

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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