Companies have announced billions in new business investment in Kentucky a few months after the state passed key economic reforms. Illinois lawmakers should take note.

Fifteen counties in the southernmost part of Illinois lost population from July 2015 to July 2016, fueled by significant domestic migration.

There are 170,000 fewer people working in Illinois since before the Great Recession.

In the last decade, Illinois’ economy and the economies of neighboring states have gone in opposite directions, with more people now working in Wisconsin and Indiana combined.

The small sheet metal fabricator will move from its current facility in Antioch, Ill., to an 8-acre location in Bristol, Wis.

While the gummy bear maker’s American headquarters is located in Rosemont, Haribo has opted to build right over the border in Kenosha County, Wisc.

Illinois used to gain net population from Michigan, but data for recent years indicate that Michigan now gains more residents on net from Illinois.

February saw the worst WARN report in seven months, with nearly 250 of the jobs lost coming from the manufacturing sector.

Nearly 20,000 Illinoisans on net moved to the Hoosier State in 2015.