Steel manufacturer shutters Illinois plant, takes 100 jobs to Indiana

By Janelle Cammenga

12/08/2018

Alliance Steel Corp. will move 100 jobs to Gary, Indiana, with plans to add 30 more.

TAGS: manufacturing, outmigration, property taxes, taxes, workers compensation

Manufacturer to shutter 2 Illinois plants, open $26M Indiana facility

By Vincent Caruso

09/19/2018

Accepting a deal that includes $6 million in subsidies, Wynright Corporation will expand its operations in Indiana and close plants in suburban Elk Grove and Oak Lawn.

TAGS: Indiana, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, jobs, manufacturing, outmigration, unemployment

Rest of the nation sees 31 percent faster jobs growth vs. Illinois in 2018

By Orphe Divounguy, Bryce Hill

08/17/2018

Illinois experienced its sixth consecutive month of jobs growth in July, yet continues to trail the pace of growth in the rest of the nation for 2018.

TAGS: BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics, IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, income tax, jobs, manufacturing, progressive income tax, taxes, unemployment

Skipping over Illinois, Toyota-Mazda plant heading to Alabama

By Brendan Bakala

01/10/2018

The $1.6 billion assembly plant will create an estimated 4,000 jobs for Alabama residents by 2021.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, right to work, taxes, workers compensation

Workers’ comp costs hit Illinois’ blue-collar industries

By Vincent Caruso

12/19/2017

Exorbitant workers’ comp costs punish small businesses and send employers dashing to Illinois’ neighboring states.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, workers compensation

Forgotten Illinois: Aurora

12/08/2017

Two sides, one city.

TAGS: Aurora, Caterpillar, East Aurora High School, forgotten illinois, manufacturing, Richard Irvin, small business, West Aurora High School

Despite 3,400 new jobs in October, Illinois’ labor market is nothing to celebrate

By Orphe Divounguy

11/20/2017

A positive jobs report for October does little to buck discouraging long-term trends in Illinois.

TAGS: IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, manufacturing, unemployment

Why international trade matters for Illinois

By Orphe Divounguy

09/19/2017

Illinois will need more foreign investment, and major reforms to the state’s business climate, in order to get off the weak economic path it now treads.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, manufacturing

Illinois sees worst month for manufacturing jobs since 2009

By Austin Berg

09/15/2017

The state’s August jobs numbers were poor across the board, but especially sobering for manufacturing.

TAGS: IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, manufacturing

Burke to the future: Chicago alderman wants to ban self-driving cars

By Brendan Bakala

08/23/2017

Alderman Ed Burke argued in favor of a ban on driverless cars with a movie clip from “Back to the Future.”

TAGS: Ed Burke, manufacturing, regulations