Land of leaving: Moving companies rank Illinois No. 1 for outbound vans By Brendan Bakala 01/02/2018 Studies from two moving companies list Illinois as the top “outbound state” for 2017.
More needless referendums to crowd Chicago ballot in 2018 By Chris Lentino 11/22/2017 Chicago City Council continues its tradition of putting popular but toothless measures on the ballot to protect incumbent power and block real reform. TAGS: Chicago, Chicago City Council, Rahm Emanuel
Airlines hit with class-action lawsuits under biometric privacy law By Amy Korte 11/20/2017 American Airlines and United Airlines have become the latest Illinois employers to be sued for allegedly violating Illinois’ biometric privacy law through the use of fingerprint-operated time clocks. TAGS: BIPA: Biometric Information Privacy Act, privacy
Walgreens to add 300 jobs to Chicago tech office and expand space By Brendan Bakala 10/18/2017 The jobs will be a combination of new hires and transferred workers from Walgreen’s headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. TAGS: Chicago, jobs
Lawmaker sponsors Airline Passenger Protection Act in wake of United Airlines incident By Eric Kohn 04/19/2017 The legislation would prohibit airlines from “involuntarily removing” seated passengers, and the state from doing business with airlines that do. TAGS: Chicago, regulations, United Airlines
Illinois companies announce nearly 1,000 mass layoffs in February, including almost 250 manufacturing jobs By Brendan Bakala 03/07/2017 February saw the worst WARN report in seven months, with nearly 250 of the jobs lost coming from the manufacturing sector. TAGS: IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, unemployment, WARN
Moving out: Illinois has country’s worst outbound rate in 2016 By Michael Lucci 01/03/2017 Data from moving companies reflect continued mass exodus from Illinois. TAGS: outmigration, population
Corruption Watch 11/03/2016 October’s headlines featured backroom deals and financial mismanagement, all at taxpayers’ expense. TAGS: corruption, good government
Choose Chicago an epic cut for Rauner By Austin Berg 06/26/2015 State money for city branding is nonessential. TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget, Choose Chicago
Who’s behind Illinois Freedom PAC? By Paul Kersey 11/14/2014 Anti-Rauner PAC got nearly 90 percent of its funding from government-employee unions TAGS: Bruce Rauner, labor, PAC: political action committee, unions