Illinois saw a 0.23 percent increase in jobs in the first quarter of 2017, the third-worst growth rate in the region.
Illinois lost jobs across several industries including construction, manufacturing, and professional and business services. The only employment category to see significant growth was leisure and hospitality.
Insurance premiums cost 20 percent of payroll for concrete construction workers in Illinois.
The average income of taxpayers who leave Illinois is $20,000 more than the taxpayers who arrive here.
The industry giant’s move comes amid continued disinvestment in Illinois manufacturing.
The legislation would prohibit airlines from “involuntarily removing” seated passengers, and the state from doing business with airlines that do.
In exchange for more than $112 million in tax breaks, Amazon promised to expand its Illinois operations and hire 7,200 new employees in Aurora, Monee and Joliet.
Fifteen counties in the southernmost part of Illinois lost population from July 2015 to July 2016, fueled by significant domestic migration.
Instead of spending time on economic reforms, politicians crafted a bill that would apply new rules and regulations on trampoline safety that would add thousands of dollars in costs for equipment, travel and overtime for inspections.
“My job with Chrysler is the longest job I’ve ever had. I’ll have 30 years under my belt in May, all in automotive manufacturing and assembly. “People on the line, a lot of them say ‘you work for what you want, it’s not handed to you.’ That’s one of the things I like about my...
In February 2012, Caterpillar’s then-CEO Doug Oberhelman outlined needed reforms to save Illinois manufacturing jobs. State lawmakers have failed to act, and the Land of Lincoln is the only state in the region to lose manufacturing jobs since.
Illinois has all of the necessary elements for success.
“I feel like a dog whose owner has died. “I grew up in Bartlett and my neighbor was a millwright. I broke my drive shaft on my first car when I was 17 years old, but he had a little shop and said he could fix it for me. He cut it, welded it, good...