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.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs, unemployment

Illinois: Plenty of pumpkins, not enough people

10/24/2016

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.

TAGS: agriculture, jobs, outmigration

1.6 million Illinoisans need a government license to work

By Michael Lucci

10/07/2016

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

TAGS: jobs, occupational licensing, unemployment

Injured Illinois workers take 50 percent more time off than peers in surrounding states

By Michael Lucci

09/23/2016

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.

TAGS: jobs, unemployment, workers compensation

August jobs report: Worst manufacturing month since Great Recession, unemployment falls due to workforce dropout

By Michael Lucci

09/22/2016

The August BLS jobs report shows Illinois is down 8,000 manufacturing jobs on the year, giving the state the worst manufacturing job losses in the region, and a summer workforce contraction totaling 100,000 people.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment

Illinois’ out-migration rate many times worse than rates in surrounding states

By Michael Lucci

09/09/2016

The Land of Lincoln’s out-migration crisis is the most severe in the region and worsening over time.

TAGS: jobs, outmigration, population

Why Madigan wants the map

By Austin Berg

08/18/2016

Illinois politicians love to be involved in choosing their voters, especially Madigan.

TAGS: fair maps, Mike Madigan

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October BLS jobs report: Illinois has region’s heaviest manufacturing job losses in 2015 and 2016

Local worker freedom law upheld in Kentucky, making worker freedom more likely for Illinois

Illinois lost more than 30,000 millennials on net in 2014

Illinois has fastest shrinking labor force of all surrounding states

Illinois: Plenty of pumpkins, not enough people

1.6 million Illinoisans need a government license to work

Injured Illinois workers take 50 percent more time off than peers in surrounding states

August jobs report: Worst manufacturing month since Great Recession, unemployment falls due to workforce dropout

Illinois’ out-migration rate many times worse than rates in surrounding states

Why Madigan wants the map

FAQ: How the federal scholarship program would help Illinois students

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students