Illinois doesn't need more bad economic news, but bad news just keeps coming. According to the 2010 Illinois Manufacturers Directory, the state lost 51,925 industrial jobs and 709 manufacturers last year, the sharpest decline since Manufacturer's News, Inc began publishing statistics. Twenty years ago, Illinois had over 1.1 million manufacturing jobs, compared to just over 800,000 the state has currently. more ›

We know that it's not easy to find a job, depending on the availability, your skill set and your hygeine, but what if you just lost one? What becomes of those broken-hearted? more ›

Remember all those articles from several years ago about women who were “doing it all”? Bringing home the bacon and frying it up for hubby and the babes? more ›

Chalk it up to the fact that Chicagoist is mildly preoccupied with the real estate industry, or that we're hopelessly addicted to Curbed... but we kinda feel like everyone and their realtor are talking about a "housing bubble" these days. Are home prices really about to plummet across the nation, ending a multi-year boom for the residential real estate sector? Will the granite countertops and stainless steel appliances of today be the worthless Beanie Babies of tomorrow? more ›