Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest

By Michael Lucci

07/13/2015

Many of the reforms that were so effective in Michigan are included in Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative agenda for Illinois.

TAGS: manufacturing, SNAP

Border wars continue: Another Illinois manufacturer takes 500 well-paying jobs to Indiana

By Michael Lucci

07/08/2015

Policy pain points continue to kill blue-collar jobs in Illinois.

TAGS: Indiana, jobs, manufacturing, right to work, workers compensation

Illinois’ manufacturing workers take home lowest pay in the Midwest

By Bobby Shaw

07/07/2015

The state’s beleaguered manufacturing sector is hurting worker interests.

TAGS: manufacturing

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

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Illinois is now the biggest food-stamp user in the Midwest

Border wars continue: Another Illinois manufacturer takes 500 well-paying jobs to Indiana

Illinois’ manufacturing workers take home lowest pay in the Midwest

Budget deal should include repealing Illinois’ economic loss leaders

2015 manufacturing scoreboard: Illinois -7,900; Indiana +5,000; Michigan +12,800

Hey, Speaker Madigan: Illinois’ No. 1 budget problem is taxpayers fleeing the state

Prevailing wage gives 6-figure salaries to workers on public projects in DuPage County

Most Illinois cities are shrinking, according to U.S. Census Bureau

How Illinois’ low-paid manufacturing workers subsidize high-paid construction workers

Record number of Illinoisans out of workforce, labor participation rate at 37-year lows

7 things to know about public charter school laws in Illinois

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students