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.

Chicagoans’ strong demand for one-way moves to Houston, Texas, and to Naples, Fla., is driving up moving-truck rental costs.

September WARN report shows 790 mass layoffs, including 128 in manufacturing.

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.

Years of job-killing policies in Illinois have pushed residents out of the state, while nearby Michigan has taken an alternate, pro-growth approach to turn it around.

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.