John Deere announces Illinois layoffs

By Austin Berg

11/30/2015

The Illinois stalwart is cutting hundreds of jobs in the midst of the state’s worst-in-the-Midwest manufacturing climate.

TAGS: manufacturing, unemployment

Busting the Springfield power monopoly: Madigan, Dunkin and why Illinois needs term limits

By Jim Long

11/24/2015

The defiance of certain Democrats in the General Assembly shows House Speaker Mike Madigan’s stranglehold on power is weakening.

TAGS: Mike Madigan, term limits

Adult Redeploy has saved Illinois $64 million

By Bryant Jackson-Green

11/23/2015

Illinois can save thousands per inmate by expanding cost-effective alternatives to prison for nonviolent offenders.

TAGS: adult redeploy

Illinois bidding out 20,000 cameras for police

By illinoispolicy

11/21/2015

Illinois is taking bids for a supplier to equip 1,000 police officers and another 1,000 patrol cars with mobile cameras.

TAGS: police body cameras

Task force to consolidate Illinois’ glut of local governments

By Mark Fitton

11/21/2015

Illinois has more units of local government than any other state in the nation. With 6,963 units of local government, Illinois beats its nearest competitor by more than 1,800.

Strong Illinois jobs report in October, but manufacturing losses continue

By Michael Lucci

11/20/2015

New federal jobs data reveal Illinois gained 14,100 jobs overall during October, but lost 1,900 manufacturing jobs during this time.

TAGS: employment, jobs, manufacturing

Illinois’ low-income and blue-collar workers are the worst-paid in the region

By Michael Lucci

11/16/2015

Although Illinois’ top earners make more than most of their regional counterparts, Illinois’ bottom quarter of earners have the lowest wages in the Midwest

TAGS: manufacturing, workers compensation

Another vendor tells Illinois to pay up

By Mark Fitton

11/13/2015

Southwestern Electric Cooperative Inc. sends a disconnection-warning letter to Illinois.

Rauner ends tax breaks for companies that create no new jobs

11/12/2015

Gov. Bruce Rauner announced plans to restrict tax breaks for companies for retaining existing employees – putting an end to excessive tax credits that have cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

Moody’s: Chicago taxpayers on the hook for growing pension contributions

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

11/12/2015

Chicago’s contributions to its government-worker pension funds will jump to $1 billion in 2016 from $500 million in 2015, according to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service.

TAGS: Chicago, pensions

Bruce Rauner

John Deere announces Illinois layoffs

Busting the Springfield power monopoly: Madigan, Dunkin and why Illinois needs term limits

Adult Redeploy has saved Illinois $64 million

Illinois bidding out 20,000 cameras for police

Task force to consolidate Illinois’ glut of local governments

Strong Illinois jobs report in October, but manufacturing losses continue

Illinois’ low-income and blue-collar workers are the worst-paid in the region

Another vendor tells Illinois to pay up

Rauner ends tax breaks for companies that create no new jobs

Moody’s: Chicago taxpayers on the hook for growing pension contributions

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

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students