Madison County Employment and Training and the St. Clair County Department of Intergovernmental Contracts will bring local educators and manufacturing industry leaders together for a round table discussion of new facilities and training opportunities coming to the metro-east.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday at the Gateway Convention Center, 1 Gateway Drive. Business leaders, workforce development organizations, elected officials and the public also have been invited.

The amount of money Illinois has made from cannabis sales in the last three months has nearly doubled since the same time last year.

A new state report shows that cannabis tax revenues have grown almost 89% in the first quarter of FY22 compared to the same since last year.

Will you have the same person representing you in Congress after Illinois lawmakers redraw the congressional districts?

All eyes are on the redistricting process as Democrats plan to draw out one of the Republican districts and further secure their majority.

As businesses reopen and enhanced unemployment benefits end, Illinoisans are going back to work.

A new study by WalletHub shows that Illinois’s unemployment claims are 18.28% lower than pre-COVID-19 levels.

Illinois business leaders are screaming their heads off again about pending legislation in Springfield that they say threatens the future of what has been a star of the Illinois economy: the rapidly expanding data center industry.

How the issue is resolved poses a key test for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who often has pointed to legislation he pushed through giving new tax incentives to data centers as proof that even a liberal Democratic governor like him can be good for jobs and economic growth.

The Illinois Republican Congressional Delegation feel like the residents of the State of Illinois are being scammed by State Democrats on the Congressional redistricting process.

That was the sentiment released in a joint release by the 5 Republican Congress people yesterday.