Budget deal should include repealing Illinois’ economic loss leaders By Michael Lucci 07/06/2015 Illinois’ death tax, corporate franchise tax and LLC fees cause disproportionate economic harm compared to how much tax revenue they generate. TAGS: death tax, small business
2015 manufacturing scoreboard: Illinois -7,900; Indiana +5,000; Michigan +12,800 By Michael Lucci 06/29/2015 Illinois is home to the worst manufacturing recovery in the entire Midwest. TAGS: jobs, manufacturing
Hey, Speaker Madigan: Illinois’ No. 1 budget problem is taxpayers fleeing the state By Michael Lucci 06/15/2015 If Illinois had simply broken even on domestic migration, there likely wouldn’t be much of a budget problem. TAGS: jobs, middle class
Prevailing wage gives 6-figure salaries to workers on public projects in DuPage County By Bobby Shaw 06/09/2015 Illinois’ prevailing-wage law is crowding out funding for essential services in communities across the state. TAGS: prevailing wage
Most Illinois cities are shrinking, according to U.S. Census Bureau By Michael Lucci 06/07/2015 Illinois’ statewide out-migration crisis is backed up by city-level data. TAGS: outmigration
How Illinois’ low-paid manufacturing workers subsidize high-paid construction workers By Michael Lucci 06/01/2015 Illinois’ prevailing wage law redistributes income from manufacturing workers to construction workers.
Record number of Illinoisans out of workforce, labor participation rate at 37-year lows By Michael Lucci 05/18/2015 March jobs data offer a glimpse into what’s driving hoards of Illinoisans out of the state. TAGS: jobs
Illinois’ property taxes are out of control, let taxpayers take driver’s seat By David Giuliani 05/13/2015 Piecemeal fixes to the state’s property-tax problem have failed. It’s time to give the purse strings back to average Illinoisans. TAGS: budget, property taxes, taxes
Supreme Court ruling to Illinois businesses: Get out while you still can By Michael Lucci 05/12/2015 Illinois lawmakers have tried and failed to fix a broken system through tax hikes. TAGS: employment, jobs, pensions
WARN report: Taxpayers foot the bill for layoffs By Austin Berg 05/07/2015 Nearly a third of Illinois layoffs reported in April came from a taxpayer-subsidized move. TAGS: jobs