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

The expiration of the state’s EDGE program – which has given large companies more than $1 billion in tax credits the last 15 years – is good news for taxpayers and should encourage lawmakers to pass real reforms.

Millennial out-migration from the Land of Lincoln is worse than all its neighboring states.

Since the beginning of 2015, Illinois has lost 14,100 manufacturing jobs.

Illinois may soon be surrounded by Right-to-Work states.

Illinois’ out-migration of younger workers should concern lawmakers and urge them to pass pro-growth reforms.

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show Illinois’ professional and business services sector has fared better than the state’s manufacturing industry, which recorded 800 job losses in September.

Illinois ranks as the top pumpkin producer in the country, which isn’t much of a consolation given the state’s poor performance in almost every economic category.

Needless licensing requirements are killing job opportunities, especially for lower-income Illinoisans.

Illinois law gives financial incentives to many injured workers to stay off the job and to doctors to prescribe more medications to workers’ compensation patients.