Newly released IRS data show Illinois lost on net over 81,000 taxpayers and their dependents, and $4.1 billion of annual taxable income to other states in 2013.
Manufacturing workers continue to receive pink slips in Illinois.
Food-truck owners ticketed for operating on business streets worry that Chicago may be attempting to shut them down.
Downtown appeal and state-issued tax credits mask a discouraging jobs climate statewide.
“We’re responsible for over 23 families here at Selvaggio Steel. And they count on my brother and I walking into work and being able to make a profit on the work that we do so that they also have opportunities to have jobs.” Mark Selvaggio Selvaggio Steel
Newly released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows weak jobs gains and a shrinking U.S. workforce in September.
Hint: It wasn’t pretty.
Illinois’ dismal business climate continues to inhibit jobs growth, especially in manufacturing, as the state put 25 people on food stamps for every factory job created during the recovery from the Great Recession.
Now that Chicago has lifted its ban on food carts, Chicago’s food entrepreneurs can openly provide food to consumers – and established restaurateurs gain an opportunity to sell their products in new markets.
Caterpillar plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close 20 manufacturing facilities to save $1.5 billion annually.
The city’s culinary entrepreneurs may now pursue an affordable path to a legal livelihood.
Despite being the most populous state in the Midwest, Illinois has added just 13,400 payroll jobs in 2015 – fewer than any other neighboring state.
Driven by a costly tax burden, Chicago’s high cost of goods and services lands the Windy City in the top 10 for the most expensive 71 cities across the world, according to a new survey by UBS.
Illinois lost 2,200 manufacturing jobs in August and is down nearly 10,000 on the year.