Illinois death tax hits family farms where it hurts

By Austin Berg

09/01/2016

Illinois’ estate tax only generates about $300 million in revenue, while potentially costing the state more than $1.5 billion in annual GDP growth.

TAGS: death tax, estate tax, property taxes, taxes

Illinois has highest black unemployment rate in U.S.

By Michael Lucci

08/24/2016

The Land of Lincoln’s job-killing policies are hurting minority communities increasingly hard, while black unemployment in pro-growth states remains significantly lower.

TAGS: jobs, unemployment

John Deere announces layoffs in Waterloo

By Brendan Bakala

08/23/2016

Deere & Co. plans to lay off 115 manufacturing workers by late September.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment, workers compensation

Michigan surpasses 600,000 manufacturing jobs as Illinois manufacturing continues to decline

By Michael Lucci

08/23/2016

Manufacturers are struggling with unfavorable global conditions, and Illinois’ anti-growth policies are only hurting the state’s industrial sector more.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment, workers compensation

Illinois state workers have options if they wish to opt out of a union

By Mailee Smith

08/19/2016

Illinois state workers can opt out of union membership to become fair share payers, but reforms such as Right to Work and Worker’s Choice would promote greater worker freedom and benefit the state.

Illinois is a high-tax state

By John Klingner

08/17/2016

Illinois had the fourth-highest combined state and local tax burden as a share of state income in the country.

COGFA report points to manufacturing as cause of Illinois’ high unemployment

By Michael Lucci

08/17/2016

Illinois’ weak manufacturing recovery from the Great Recession has led to the Land of Lincoln’s having the worst unemployment rate among nearby and neighboring Rust Belt states.

TAGS: manufacturing, workers compensation

It’s time to get special interests out of workers’ comp

By Austin Berg

08/12/2016

Illinois physicians in the workers’ compensation system are allowed to sell “repackaged” pills directly to patients at huge markups, averaging between 60 and 300 percent.

TAGS: workers compensation

Illinois has worst personal income recovery in Midwest, 2nd-worst in U.S.

By Michael Lucci

08/05/2016

A new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts shows Illinois trails all states but Nevada in personal income growth since the Great Recession, with a growth rate half that of Illinois’ neighbors.

TAGS: household income, jobs, personal income

Madigan’s middle-class myth

By Austin Berg

08/04/2016

Less than half of Illinois households are defined as middle class.

TAGS: household income, income tax, middle class, Mike Madigan, taxes

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Illinois death tax hits family farms where it hurts

Illinois has highest black unemployment rate in U.S.

John Deere announces layoffs in Waterloo

Michigan surpasses 600,000 manufacturing jobs as Illinois manufacturing continues to decline

Illinois state workers have options if they wish to opt out of a union

Illinois is a high-tax state

COGFA report points to manufacturing as cause of Illinois’ high unemployment

It’s time to get special interests out of workers’ comp

Illinois has worst personal income recovery in Midwest, 2nd-worst in U.S.

Madigan’s middle-class myth

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

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