Don’t hold your breath, Springfield stoppage could last until 2016

By Lara Forsythe

07/25/2015

Political incentives to come to an agreement are few and far between.

This must end: Mitsubishi to shut down in Normal, 900 jobs at risk

By Michael Lucci

07/24/2015

It’s no mystery why businesses are leaving Illinois.

TAGS: outmigration

Rauner signs bill stopping welfare payments for the dead

By Austin Berg

07/23/2015

Illinois has spent millions of dollars on the deceased in recent years.

June jobs update: Illinois’ workforce shrinks by 8,300, state has nation’s worst jobs losses at -7,500

By Michael Lucci

07/22/2015

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.

TAGS: employment, manufacturing, right to work, workers compensation

Illinois politicians to receive pay raises despite Rauner efforts

By Austin Berg

07/21/2015

Failing to pass a balanced budget is of little consequence to the state’s political class.

TAGS: Mike Madigan

Despite Senate OKing one-month budget, Illinois no closer to a balanced budget

By Lara Forsythe

07/15/2015

Temporary, unbalanced budget now moves to the governor’s desk for approval – Rauner has said he will veto the measure.

TAGS: balanced budget requirement, debt, spending

As Springfield stalls reform, another Illinois manufacturer heads across state lines

By Michael Lucci

07/15/2015

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

TAGS: workers compensation

Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest

By Michael Lucci

07/13/2015

Many of the reforms that were so effective in Michigan are included in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative agenda for Illinois.

TAGS: manufacturing, SNAP

Illinois House Democrats pass temporary budget, Senate must concur, Rauner says he won’t sign

By Darlene Senger

07/10/2015

Even if Senate Bill 2040 passes into law, it only buys the General Assembly a couple of weeks.

TAGS: budget

4 important takeaways from Rauner commission’s initial report on criminal justice

By Bryant Jackson-Green

07/09/2015

The initial overview of plans to safely reduce Illinois’ prison population by 25 percent contains important lessons for policymakers.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, sentencing reform

Bruce Rauner

Don’t hold your breath, Springfield stoppage could last until 2016

This must end: Mitsubishi to shut down in Normal, 900 jobs at risk

Rauner signs bill stopping welfare payments for the dead

June jobs update: Illinois’ workforce shrinks by 8,300, state has nation’s worst jobs losses at -7,500

Illinois politicians to receive pay raises despite Rauner efforts

Despite Senate OKing one-month budget, Illinois no closer to a balanced budget

As Springfield stalls reform, another Illinois manufacturer heads across state lines

Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest

Illinois House Democrats pass temporary budget, Senate must concur, Rauner says he won’t sign

4 important takeaways from Rauner commission’s initial report on criminal justice

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