Areas of Illinois that are driven by backbone industries such as manufacturing are being hollowed out. That reality is showing up in the form of government dependence.

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

CLICK HERE FOR LIVESTREAM The joint hearing will take place on Thursday, June 25, 2015, in 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 9:30 A.M. EST. Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream Congressman Charles Boustany (R-LA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will...

March jobs data offer a glimpse into what’s driving hoards of Illinoisans out of the state.

The governor’s agenda should be cause for optimism across the state: competitiveness, not cronyism, is the right path forward to spark an Illinois comeback.

For Illinois’ downstate communities that have felt the pain of out-migration and need to revitalize their industrial base, a local Right-to-Work ordinance can be their first step to a comeback.

Illinois’ decades-long experiments with progressive economic policies have thwarted human potential and forced dependency on a massive scale.

Work should, in fact, pay.

Illinois’ jobs crisis has led to a dependency crisis.

More and more households becoming dependent on food stamps reveals the true impact of Illinois’ sputtering economy.