Government data show freedom from forced unionization means better outcomes for workers.

Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.

Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.

Illinois’ dismal business climate continues to inhibit jobs growth, especially in manufacturing, as the state put 25 people on food stamps for every factory job created during the recovery from the Great Recession.

In the other Great Lakes states, workers are more likely to be able to find a manufacturing opportunity than a government job.

Reforming Illinois’ workers’ compensation laws could save state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Newly released data from the IRS reveal that in 2012, Illinois lost more taxpayers and taxpayer wealth to a greater number of states than ever before.

The average income of people leaving Illinois shot up by $8,000 in the first year of the state’s 2011 income tax hike.