Comment: Crain’s is right to question the price tag for Wisconsin, but this article has just the kind of employer-unfriendly tone that’s killing Illinois. It’s illogical on it’s face to gloat about the spillover benefits in Illinois from having Foxconn in Wisconsin, while at the same time slamming them for being such a horrible presence in their other locations.

llinois, hoping to capitalize on Wisconsin’s prize of a $10 billion​ Foxconn factory, should forget about the contract manufacturer’s supply chain, at least for now. That’s the message from experts and industry executives who understand the business of making liquid crystal displays.

Comment: Nothing to see here, folks. Just right wing crazies again talking about how bad Illinois is. Move along.

A fascinating, little-known story about the second richest woman in America and an Illinois border town, Beloit.

Medical device manufacturer Medtronic plans to lay off 185 people as it closes its Joliet distribution center, the largest mass layoff among nearly 1,500 upcoming job cuts Illinois employers reported to the state last month.

Manufacturing employers drove many of the 1,482 layoffs reported in July to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Many of the announced layoffs affect union jobs.

The West Side Chicago neighborhood of North Lawndale will play host to the Land of Lincoln’s first step into the world of restorative justice. The Restorative Justice Community Court will host face-to-face meetings between nonviolent offenders and their victims, with a judge overseeing the proceedings, aiming at better outcomes for both sides.

Comment: Let’s see if we got this straight. Chicago Dems boobytrap the budget to kill all school funding unless their special level of funding for Chicago becomes law, yet Rauner is the one “using children as pawns.”

Memo to Guv: Woulda been nice if you’d have had ISBE do this analysis earlier so you’d look like you know what you’ve been talking about.

“A minimum wage increase that reduces wages? That’s the conclusion of a major new University of Washington minimum wage study, conducted by a research team funded by the City of Seattle…. For Illinois, whose economy currently lags far behind Seattle’s, a $15 minimum wage would likely do even more harm.”