Column: Illinois leaders should resolve to foster economic reform in 2023 – Daily Herald*

Matt Paprocki, of the Illinois Policy Institute: "In 2021 Illinois received more new business applications than any other Midwestern state, but only 6.7% of those applications were expected to result in business formation within one year of applying...There are too many compounding costs specific to the state that present challenges. Illinois has the third-most cumbersome regulatory code in the United States with 278,475 individual restrictions and requirements."