U-Haul rental rates reflect Illinois’ out-migration crisis

By Madelyn Harwood

10/19/2016

Chicagoans’ strong demand for one-way moves to Houston, Texas, and to Naples, Fla., is driving up moving-truck rental costs.

TAGS: Chicago, outmigration

Illinois’ migration and economic crises revealed in 2014 U-Haul pricing

By Michael Lucci

06/04/2015

Americans once stampeded into Illinois in search of opportunity. Now, the opposite happens.

Illinois corruption watch, August 2014

By Brian Costin

09/05/2014

At least 84 corruption-related stories have been reported from across the state of Illinois in August alone. Atop August headlines is the recent revelation that a federal grand jury subpoenaed the emails of Gov. Pat Quinn’s ex-chief of staff in relation to Quinn’s anti-violence grant program. The case, which has been referred to by some...

TAGS: Chicago, corruption, cronyism, transparency, waste

U-Haul moving rates shine a light on out-migration

By Michael Lucci

05/05/2014

Illinois has a domestic migration problem. The state is losing too many people. Illinois has lost more people to other states than it gained in every single year since 1985 . And in every year, the people who left earned more money than the people who entered. The Internal Revenue Service released new migration data...

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

Illinois’ tax code stands in the way of the state’s economic competitiveness. The combination of high tax burdens and a poor tax structure contributes to the loss of jobs and investment to other states. From a place of former economic dominance, Illinois now ranks 45th in gross state product (GSP) growth over the past decade...

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U-Haul rental rates reflect Illinois’ out-migration crisis

Illinois’ migration and economic crises revealed in 2014 U-Haul pricing

Illinois corruption watch, August 2014

U-Haul moving rates shine a light on out-migration

Taxed out: 10 reforms to stop Illinois from losing people and jobs

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