Buoyed by state incentives, a string of good economic news in Central Illinois – Bloomington Pantagraph

"It's certainly a run of good news for a city that was disproportionately affected by deindustrialization and subsequent globalization that saw thousands of jobs shipped overseas. This can be measured in many ways, but there's perhaps no more acute quantification than the number of people who live here. Decatur's population has declined 25% in the past 40 years, going from 94,081 in 1980 to 70,522 as of the 2020 U.S. Census."
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Riverbender
1 year ago

So lets see there will be big tax and other incentives to provide this meaning the taxpayers are funding these jobs not Pritzker, the Government or anyone else. The taxpayers once again pay for the actions that ran business out of Decatur in the first place.
Good news for decatur but the taxpayers should be thanked…certainly not Pritzker and the democrats.

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