The state created only 54,000 jobs in seven years.

A net of nearly 56,000 people and $6 billion in income left the state in 2023, according to IRS data.

Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to state and local leaders.

Illinois is on pace to lose a seat in Congress based on new census data. International immigration and interstate migration are driving those projections.