Those resilient enough to stay in the labor market are increasingly looking to other states for opportunity.

Policy pain points continue to kill blue-collar jobs in Illinois.

The state’s beleaguered manufacturing sector is hurting worker interests.

Illinois is home to the worst manufacturing recovery in the entire Midwest.

The economic report is yet another indictment of the status quo in Illinois.

On national, regional and county-level comparisons, the report was negative for Illinois.

Illinois’ prevailing wage law redistributes income from manufacturing workers to construction workers.

Thousands of Illinois manufacturing jobs aren’t going to anonymous sweatshops overseas, they’re simply crossing state lines.

Illinois’ manufacturing payrolls have declined in 21 of the last 30 months.

Over the recession era, Indiana’s workforce grew by 53,000 people while Illinois’ workforce shrank by 200,000 people. If Illinois’ workforce size were benchmarked to Indiana’s over the recession era, Illinois’ unemployment rate would be 10.3 percent today.