A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
The bill mentioned in the article is Senate Bill 1229 (SB 1229) in the 99th General Assembly. Illinois Policy Institute’s Illinois Rising radio show discussed the bill in their August 9, 2015 episode, and Rauner mentions the bill by number at the 13:00 minute mark in the show. Looking at the Illinois Sausuage Factory website, http://www.ilga.gov, SB 1229 was introduced as creating the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act on February 11, 2015 by Senator David Koehler. House Amendment 2, filed by Representative Mike Smiddy on May 28, 2015, completely changed the entire subject matter of the bill, to amending the… Read more »