Illinois didn’t collapse overnight — it drifted. As businesses leave, workers disengage, and opportunity chooses other states, the warning signs are clear. This is the story of how policy, power, and paralysis are reshaping the Land of Lincoln.
Illinois’ economy is shrinking, people are leaving, and businesses are exiting—yet the same leadership stays in power. This fact-based op-ed exposes two years of decline, political failure, and why Illinois keeps rewarding the very policies hurting it.
A deep dive into Illinois’ accelerating job exodus, revealing how one-party Democratic control, rising taxes, and a weakened GOP have pushed employers to flee the state—leaving factories dark, workers stranded, and communities on the brink.
