House Bill 2622 would create a state-run workers’ compensation insurance company, while failing to address the real problems with Illinois’ workers’ compensation system – the most expensive in the region.

The collar counties were hit hardest by mass layoffs in July.

Alliance Steel Corp could bring 100 new jobs to Gary, Indiana.

Illinois’ manufacturing middle class continues to face somber news.

Illinois’ jobs growth over the past year was 40 percent slower than the national average, and lagged even further behind the average of neighboring states.

News outlets have reported that Foxconn will announce plans to build a production plant in Wisconsin that could employ up to 13,000 workers.