Illinois stands out in the industrial Midwest for its skewed government-to-manufacturing-jobs ratio.

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s current tax-and-spend policies and protection of special interests stand in contrast to the speaker’s past statements declaring the need for economic growth and opportunity.

Enjoy Life Foods relocates manufacturing and distribution facility from Chicago suburbs to Indiana.

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

Illinois lags the rest of the Midwest in recovering from the recession.

August records summer-high job losses, including 495 in manufacturing.

The manufacturing company plans to reduce operations in Illinois.

More than 1 in 5 Illinois households rely on food stamps to make ends meet.

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