Glenn Minnis

1 week ago | thecentersquare.com | Glenn Minnis

(The Center Square) – With government hiring across Illinois now outpacing hiring in the private sector, Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon worries the worst may still be yet to come for the state’s increasingly unstable job market. Data shows the state now employs some 55,340 workers, with many of the more recent hires coming at social services agencies such as the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services.

1 week ago | thecentersquare.com | Glenn Minnis

(The Center Square) – Illinois state Rep. Martin McLaughlin, R-Barrington Hills, is quick to point an accusatory finger when it comes to assessing blame for the state’s fast dwindling population. New U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Illinois Policy Institute shows since 2020, 84% of all Illinois communities have lost population with small towns being hit the hardest. More than 900 of the state’s 1,294 communities of roughly 10,000 population lost residents over the last five years.

3 weeks ago | thecentersquare.com | Glenn Minnis

(The Center Square) – Construction Coverage Head of Engineering and Data Analytics Officer Michael Stromberg has some unsolicited advice for Illinois lawmakers looking at the state’s poor ranking in the latest 2025 U.S. States with Best and Worst Roads study.

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Glenn Minnis

(The Center Square) – Republican state Rep. Chris Miller argues it’s not hard to see why Chicago has become such an outlier when it comes to its struggling housing market. Price growth in the Chicago housing market is now running twice as high as the national average, with Crain’s monthly real estate data roundup showing rising costs across much of the area have been in effect since last summer as interest rates have continued to remain high.

3 weeks ago | thecentersquare.com | Glenn Minnis

(The Center Square) – Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski says there’s no shortage of reasons why Chicago now finds itself in a new national survey that ranks it near the bottom for “best large cities” to start a business in 2025. As part of the survey, Wallethub compared the startup opportunities currently existing in some 100 cities, weighing metrics ranging from the five-year business-survival rate to labor costs to office-space affordability.