Articles filed under Economy
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Less idling, more hybrids: How suburban governments are adapting to skyrocketing gas prices
Jun 24, 2022 5:12 PM - Suburban municipalities are weathering the extraordinary rise in fuel prices in a variety of ways that include anticipation, adjustment, strategic bulk purchasing and sometimes just good luck. -
Daily Herald opinion: We need an investigation into $2 billion lost to fraud
Jun 22, 2022 6:29 AM - Daily Herald opinion: The state - and perhaps the national government, too - should investigate how nearly $2 billion in federal pandemic aid was scammed by hackers and fraud. -
GOP candidates for 14th Congressional seat say spending cuts, oil drilling could ease inflation
Jun 15, 2022 2:33 PM - Increasing domestic oil production and eliminating cabinet-level federal agencies are among the inflation-busting ideas put forth by Republicans running for Illinois' 14th Congressional District seat. -
Working toward full recovery: Weddings, summer sports leading way out of pandemic economic doldrums
Jun 12, 2022 1:00 AM - 2020 was obviously challenging for many reasons. Fast-forward to 2022, and there is finally plenty going on. Weddings bounced back in a big way in 2021 and have continued their positive arc this year. Summer sports, too, is a big boon. -
Understanding the business tax hikes of the past four years
Jun 12, 2022 1:00 AM - Illinois was the only state in the Midwest to decline in the Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index. From 2017 to 2022, Illinois' tax policy became less friendly for businesses, dropping to 36th from 26th place.
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'This is probably not the peak': $6 gas arrives at some suburban pumps
Jun 10, 2022 7:23 PM - Gas prices have now hit $6 a gallon at some sports in the suburbs, and AAA is reporting Illinois has the third-highest average gasoline prices of any state. -
ODW Logistics sees growth in red-hot local warehousing market
May 29, 2022 1:00 AM - Across North America, the industrial real estate market has seen record-breaking growth over the past few years largely fueled by the surge in online buying and the consumer's insatiable desire to have items delivered to their door as quickly as possible. -
Changing the narrative: Out-of-state businesses are buying Illinois' sales pitch
May 1, 2022 6:00 AM - Intersect Illinois -- a group formed in 2016 by then Gov. Bruce Rauner that counts many of Illinois' biggest and best-known corporations as funders -- is telling Illinois' story to out-of-state businesses in hopes they will move here. Many of them like what they hear.
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Employees take the lead in historically competitive talent pool
Mar 30, 2022 1:26 PM - Employees are driving the most significant change in the workplace as a result of what some are calling The Great Resignation or the Great Reevaluation, the biggest employment transformation since the Great Depression. -
US slashes Russia trade status, bans alcohol and seafood
Mar 11, 2022 2:49 PM - President Joe Biden announced Friday the U.S. will dramatically downgrade its trade status with Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine and also ban imports of Russian seafood, alcohol and diamonds.
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