Morton Salt to close Elston Avenue facility in Chicago
Morton Salt to close Elston Avenue facility in Chicago
Morton Salt will stop operations in October at its warehousing and packaging facility on Elston Avenue in Chicago.
Government workers outnumber manufacturing workers in Illinois
Government workers outnumber manufacturing workers in Illinois
In the other Great Lakes states, workers are more likely to be able to find a manufacturing opportunity than a government job.
Chicago’s food-cart ban costs revenue, jobs
Chicago’s food-cart ban costs revenue, jobs
Chicago’s ban on food carts is costing the city jobs and revenue. The city has fallen behind its peers: Street vending from food carts is already legal in 23 of the 25 largest cities in the U.S. The Illinois Policy Institute conducted a survey of nearly 200 Chicago food-cart street vendors to assess the social...
Cruel summer: Mass layoffs hit 2,100 Illinois workers in August
Cruel summer: Mass layoffs hit 2,100 Illinois workers in August
There’s no respite for laid-off Illinois workers in the “summer of pink slips.”
Claudia Perez
Claudia Perez
“The day arrived when a policeman told me, ‘Throw away all this trash. It’s worthless. It’s garbage.’ And I said, ‘How can you call food, garbage?’ I cried hard. They arrested me two times. The United States, they told me, is a different kind of place. And now look at how we’re being treated.” Claudia...
Cook County’s exodus revealed in new tax documents
Cook County’s exodus revealed in new tax documents
Shrinking opportunities go hand in hand with a shrinking tax base.
Sprint to add over 1,000 jobs in Chicago
Sprint to add over 1,000 jobs in Chicago
Of the 1,050 new jobs announced, Sprint expects about half to be retail positions and the other half to be filled by wireless experts, network technicians and engineers.
Freedom, fairness for food carts in Chicago
Freedom, fairness for food carts in Chicago
On Sept. 24, 2015, Chicago City Council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance to legalize food carts, giving thousands of street vendors across the city the freedom to make an honest living and opening the door for the next generation of culinary entrepreneurs.
John Deere lays off 150 manufacturing workers in East Moline
John Deere lays off 150 manufacturing workers in East Moline
Insider says more manufacturing layoffs coming for the Illinois stalwart.
Madigan wrong again: Workers’ compensation is a direct budget issue
Madigan wrong again: Workers’ compensation is a direct budget issue
Reforming Illinois’ workers’ compensation laws could save state and local governments hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Illinois brain drain symptom of a larger problem
Illinois brain drain symptom of a larger problem
As adults are migrating to states with better business climates, so too are new high school graduates.
Illinois is losing taxpayers from every income bracket and age group
Illinois is losing taxpayers from every income bracket and age group
Newly released IRS migration data reveal that high-income earners and prime working-age residents left Illinois in record numbers in 2011 and 2012.
Caterpillar lays off 300 Illinois workers
Caterpillar lays off 300 Illinois workers
The layoffs come amid a dismal manufacturing climate in the Land of Lincoln.
IRS data reveal 2012 was Illinois’ worst year of taxpayer and wealth migration yet
IRS data reveal 2012 was Illinois’ worst year of taxpayer and wealth migration yet
Newly released data from the IRS reveal that in 2012, Illinois lost more taxpayers and taxpayer wealth to a greater number of states than ever before.