Tax revenues in Illinois are up 22.5 percent over pre-recession highs, while 30 other states are collecting less tax revenue today than they were before the recession began.

TAGS: jobs

The shockingly bad fiscal health of Chicago (and the financial engineering used to hide it)

04/02/2015

State lawmakers and the city of Chicago owe taxpayers an honest assessment. It's a sad state of affairs when we have to get that assessment from a bond guru in Kentucky.

TAGS: bonds, budget, Chicago, general obligation bonds, taxes

More manufacturing losses highlight Illinois’ mixed February jobs report

By Michael Lucci

03/27/2015

Illinois still ranks last in the country for putting people back to work over the Great Recession era.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, crowdfunding, death tax, employment, Great Recession, jobs, manufacturing, right to work, workers compensation

State and local policy solutions can help Granite City keep Steel in town

By Michael Lucci

03/25/2015

Illinois municipalities that are tired of seeing their manufacturing base hollowed out can take action to end the exodus.

TAGS: jobs, right to work

Manufacturing employment in Illinois has stagnated and even shrunk while Indiana and Michigan have boomed

By Michael Lucci

03/24/2015

Manufacturing employment in Illinois has stagnated and even shrunk while Indiana and Michigan – neighboring Right-to-Work states – have boomed.

TAGS: Michigan, right to work

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Forging failure: The truth about Illinois’ manufacturing meltdown

Why Illinois needs a turnaround in 12 graphics

Border battle: Worker freedom spreads across another Illinois neighbor

Labor-union membership in Illinois and surrounding states

Corruption watch: March 2015

Pew study blows hole in myth that Illinois has a revenue problem

The shockingly bad fiscal health of Chicago (and the financial engineering used to hide it)

More manufacturing losses highlight Illinois’ mixed February jobs report

State and local policy solutions can help Granite City keep Steel in town

Manufacturing employment in Illinois has stagnated and even shrunk while Indiana and Michigan have boomed

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

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CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students