Chicago business activity down, unemployment rate up – Center Square

“Obviously, it's not for want of natural assets,” Wirepoints Executive Editor Mark Glennon said. "We've been blessed with things that most cities in the world would kill for: the transportation system at the center of the country, wonderful universities, all these things were handed to us by previous generations. There's nothing wrong with Illinois or our people. It's our government that has failed us and it's because they have shown a total indifference to fundamental economics and simple common sense.”