Since the end of the recession, only 5 out of Illinois’ 13 metro areas – Carbondale-Marion, Chicago, Kankakee, Lake County-Kenosha County and Springfield – have recovered all the private-sector jobs lost from the Great Recession.

Vonco is the second major packaging manufacturer to leave Illinois in less than two weeks.

Division president cites Wisconsin’s favorable business environment as chief reason for move.

Census data are sounding a warning signal that Chicago and Illinois policy leaders don’t necessarily want to hear.