“When I was a kid this is what I used to make with my grandmother. She would always make two batches of tamales: one batch [to] sell and one batch for family. For family there would be a lot more meat, a lot more flavor, a lot more lard. There would be nothing from a...
Enjoy Life Foods relocates manufacturing and distribution facility from Chicago suburbs to Indiana.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a bill allowing ex-offenders with certain drug convictions to apply for jobs with Illinois park districts within seven years of completing a prison sentence or probation.
The Land of Lincoln’s out-migration crisis is the most severe in the region and worsening over time.
Illinois lags the rest of the Midwest in recovering from the recession.
August records summer-high job losses, including 495 in manufacturing.
Gov. Bruce Rauner has laid off dozens of workers at a state agency, all political hires under previous governors.
“Talk about a dream come true. I started this business and I started it with my best friends. There’s a lot of pride in building something together. We all grew up in the suburbs and live in Chicago now. We knew we wanted to start this here because it’s our home and doing it for...
From 2005 to 2014, AFSCME worker salaries grew 5 times faster than Illinois workers’ earnings.
Proposed water and sewer tax hikes hit struggling city residents the hardest.
Government jobs growth continues while Illinois’ private sector suffers from burdensome taxes and regulations.
The manufacturing company plans to reduce operations in Illinois.
“I’ve been in the kitchen my whole life. Never finished college. Almost everybody out here is going all-in on on their truck. Make it or die. Nine out of 10 trucks out here are putting every dollar they have into their business … At the end of the day it’s about more than the food....