Morton Salt will stop operations in October at its warehousing and packaging facility on Elston Avenue in Chicago.

Insider says more manufacturing layoffs coming for the Illinois stalwart.

Reforming Illinois’ workers’ compensation laws could save state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

The Land of Lincoln continues to send well-paying jobs to the friendlier business climate next door.

Illinois’ middle class is crumbling under the weight of the state’s political and legal classes.

Indiana and Michigan laid the framework for a manufacturing and jobs recovery. Until politicians in the Illinois General Assembly get serious about pursuing real reforms, the state’s jobs climate with continue to decline.

Manufacturers and blue-collar jobs continue to bolt from Illinois’ poor policy climate.

Illinois’ broken workers’ compensation system makes it an easy decision to leave.