Jobs + Growth
Pritzker proposes reducing burdensome housing regulations
The state needs to add 227,000 homes by 2030 to meet demand Gov. J.B. Pritzker made Illinois’ acute housing shortage a focus in his recent State of the State address, proposing to make building homes easier by reducing an array of…
Housing shortage drives up Illinois prices 49%
The state’s home prices are up 49% since 2019, while available housing lags the rest of the…
Illinois job openings drop by 100,000 since September…
Illinois job openings are down by more than 100,000 since September. Illinois ended…
Amazon Fresh cuts 1,545 Illinois jobs in January
Amazon laid off 1,545 Illinois employees. That was most of 2,000 total layoffs across the…
Illinois at risk of losing $700M in SNAP funding from…
Illinois must cut its error rate nearly in half to avoid penalties. Illinois’ high…
Don’t be fooled by Pritzker’s boasts of population gains
Roughly half of Illinois residents say they would leave the state if they could. That warning should be a wake-up call to state and local leaders. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is spinning Illinois’ population increase of 16,108 as proof his…
Illinois on track to lose another congressional seat
Illinois is on pace to lose a seat in Congress based on new census data. International…
Illinois has 8th–largest racial wealth gap in the…
Illinois in the top ten for largest racial wealth gaps. Disparities in income, education and…
Illinois improves on one company’s list for people…
Fewer Illinoisans moved out in 2025, according to United Van Lines. Illinois was No. 2 for…
Chicago business activity growing for first time since…
Chicago employment situation improves after hitting lowest level since 2009 in December 2025.…
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