What happened to private sector job growth, Gov. Pritzker? – Wirepoints
Illinois private sector job growth under Gov. Pritzker has been almost nonexistent, a fact that stands in stark contrast to his administration’s recent brag about record jobs numbers. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Illinois has created a meager 15,500 net new jobs since January of 2019. It’s the nation’s 4th-worst performance among the 50 states.
Gov. Pritzker hides behind CNBC business ranking for Illinois – Wirepoints Quickpoint
Gov. Pritzker is touting a new CNBC business ranking – America’s Top States for Business – that puts Illinois at 13th-best for business in 2025. The media company’s findings run in total contrast with what Illinoisans and businesses have to live under.
Illinoisans pay top dollar again for just 50 new jobs promised by Pure Lithium – Wirepoints Quickpoint
“Counting on innumeracy.” Maybe that should be his campaign motto.
Six questions Gov. Pritzker should have been asked during his testimony on Illinois’ sanctuary status – Wirepoints
The economic consequences of Illinois’ spending on illegal immigrants are real. Everyone gets hurt by the higher taxes that spending billions more imposes. But there’s much more to the migrant problem than that. If Wirepoints had been at Gov. Pritzker’s congressional testimony, here are six questions we would have asked him to answer.
Illinois has a millionaire problem – Wirepoints
Illinois has a millionaire problem. A Wirepoints review of IRS tax filing data shows Illinois has suffered the nation’s 5th-worst growth of millionaire taxpayers over the 2010-2022 period. Blame the Rust Belt if you want, but every one of Illinois’ neighbors grew their count of millionaire earners by far more than Illinois did.
‘Record’ number of Illinois jobs: Don’t be a chump. – Wirepoints Quickpoint
The new “record” number of 6,172,300 jobs means almost nothing. It was 6,137,700 in 2019 and 6,056,500 all the way back in 2000. So, Illinois has had essentially no growth in six years and not much in 25 years. Perhaps more distressing, recent job growth has been entirely government jobs.
Fresh 2024 data: Illinoisans hit by nation’s 9th-worst economic growth, 3rd-worst wage gains – Wirepoints
Illinois continues to suck wind at creating economic growth, wage gains and job creation, according to new 2024 economic data released late last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. It’s a sad pattern that’s been true since before the pandemic.
Gov. Pritzker’s real record on jobs – Wirepoints
The BLS just released its finalized employment numbers for 2024 so we can now do a full review of job creation under Gov. Pritzker since 2019. Illinois had fewer private sector jobs over the period, losing a total of 1,900 total jobs. It was the nation’s 5th-worst performance. Compare that to the net new private sector jobs created in Texas: 1.2 million.
Awful and worse: Illinois jobs and employment numbers badly lag the nation – Wirepoints Quickpoint
A nonpartisan Illinois commission last week reported some dismal numbers on the state’s lagging job growth. Bad as they were, it’s worse if you look at it from another widely accepted angle on labor numbers.
New jobs report: Illinoisans on unemployment grow for 10th month in a row – Wirepoints
It’s not just the projected five-year $23 billion budget deficit that Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his administration need to worry about these days. He also needs to get a handle on Illinois’ unemployment rolls, which have been creeping in the wrong direction for ten straight months. The unemployed now total 346,000 Illinoisans.
Fresh unemployment numbers for September: Illinois still has nation’s 3rd-worst rate – Wirepoints
The number of unemployed Illinoisans rose again in September. This marks Illinois’ 9th-month in a row for rising unemployment, now totaling 344,000. Illinois’ unemployment rate also remained the nation’s 3rd-worst.
Illinois unemployment worsens for 8th-straight month in August, nation’s 3rd-highest – Wirepoints
The number of unemployed Illinoisans rose again in August. This marks Illinois’ 8th-month in a row for rising unemployment, with nearly 38,000 more workers out of a job compared to December, 2023. We’ll keep saying it: Illinois’ leaders will never fix the state’s problems if they’re not honest about them.
Illinois’ Gov. Pritzker delivers Democrats’ national economic pitch at DNC. A look at his own record is revealing. – Wirepoints
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent the last several days hyping up Illinois to the attendees of the DNC and a national audience. But how real is Illinois’ success story really? Pritzker claims that Democrats are champions of jobs, small businesses and the middle class, yet when you look at the direct impact his own policies have had on Illinoisans, the reality is very different.
Jim Iuorio breaks down national, Illinois dismal employment numbers – Wirepoints
Wirepoints contributor Jim Iuorio breaks down the dismal jobs situation for both the nation and Illinois. Illinois has suffered a loss of private sector jobs as more residents continue move out and taxes remain high.
Gov. Pritzker tells CNN that jobs are coming back to Illinois. The number of people employed in Illinois under his watch says the opposite. – Wirepoints
Gov. J.B. Pritzker told America last week on a CNN interview that President Biden has “…done a lot to revive American manufacturing. In my state, you know, we’ve seen jobs and companies coming back to the United States and to Illinois.” But the governor’s comment about Illinois is simply not true – not when you measure it by the number of Illinoisans who are actually employed. Fewer people are on Illinois’ employment rolls today than when Pritzker took office.
Illinois job growth? Government job growth masks job losses in private sector. – Wirepoints
Job growth is good, unless it’s the government doing all the hiring. Unfortunately, that’s the situation in Illinois. The latest BLS data shows Illinois was able to eke out a gain of 17,100 jobs over the last 12 months, but only because government job gains offset the state’s private sector job losses.
Chicago Teachers Union contract demands are totally divorced from reality – Wirepoints
Details emerging about Chicago Teachers Union’s upcoming contract show just how divorced its demands, both extreme and expensive, are from the reality at Chicago schools. It’s not just about massive salary increases, but also about money for migrant students, climate initiatives, abortions and gender-affirming care. About blocking parental notification. Count on CTU’s demands to veer further from reality until the public finally says no.
$30 million over four years: How teachers unions influence Illinois politicians. – Wirepoints
If you’re frustrated with Illinois’ educational results, you may want to follow the money from teachers unions. In the last four years alone, Illinois lawmakers and political candidates have taken nearly $30 million in contributions from teachers unions and their national affiliates.
Lawmakers fiddle as cities burn: Four more Illinois factories close or lay off workers – Wirepoints
Quaker Oats just announced it’s closing its factory in Danville, Illinois, putting more than 500 workers out of a job. It’s the latest of four major factory closures that have occurred in Illinois this year. While every closure is disappointing and another black mark on Illinois’ dismal manufacturing performance, the loss of the Danville plant is particularly meaningful to us. One of the first articles we wrote for Wirepoints’ was about Danville’s struggles.
Total repudiation: Illinois unions lose big trying to take out two downstate lawmakers – Wirepoints
Illinois’ teachers unions unions used the March primary to try and take out State Reps. Blaine Wilhour and Adam Niemerg, pouring a combined $462,000 into the campaigns of two Republican primary opponents. Their effort failed, spectacularly. But while the unions lost this time, their efforts shouldn’t be ignored.
Why Illinois/Chicago’s paid leave laws are a bad idea – Wirepoints
It wouldn’t be a new year in Illinois without new unfunded mandates on businesses. Of the 300 new laws that took effect January 1, one of the most burdensome on employers is Illinois’ new Paid Leave for All Workers Act.