With Peoria and downstate reeling, the Caterpillar move comes at a time of persistent disinvestment in Illinois manufacturing.

Expect Kentucky to gain even more Illinoisans in coming years.

Illinois’ weak economic growth and population loss may signal the beginning of a financial death spiral.

The newly re-elected House speaker is pushing a new tax on businesses, an increase to the minimum wage and more spending, while doing nothing to address salient problems such as workers’ compensation and pension debt.

Half of Midwest out-migration losses are coming from Illinois, making it the only shrinking state in the region.