{"id":2397642,"date":"2025-01-31T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/springfield-is-cause-of-illinois-mass-layoffs-business-closures-state-rep-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T17:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:02:44","slug":"springfield-is-cause-of-illinois-mass-layoffs-business-closures-state-rep-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/springfield-is-cause-of-illinois-mass-layoffs-business-closures-state-rep-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield is cause of Illinois\u2019 mass layoffs, business closures: State rep &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspringfield-is-cause-of-illinois-mass-layoffs-business-closures-state-rep-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397642&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>illinois State Representative Chris Miller has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-faculty-revolt-against-china-partnership\/\" title=\"Cornell Faculty Revolt Against China Partnership\">expressed deep concerns<\/a> about the state&#8217;s struggling job market, attributing the \u2063issues to the economic policies\u200c of President Biden, Vice \u2063President Harris, and Illinois Governor J.B.Pritzker.\u2064 He asserts\u2063 that these policies have led to\u2064 significant inflation \u2062and \u200ba challenging \u2064environment for small businesses, \u2063resulting in over\u200d 14,700 job losses due to\u2063 mass layoffs in 2024, primarily driven by \u2064business\u2064 closures.\u2064 With an unemployment rate of\u200d 5.2%, higher than the national\u2063 average, and the state facing some of the highest property and\u200b corporate taxes in the country, Miller \u2063believes that the government\u2019s approach needs to change. \u200cHe criticizes current policies as\u200c detrimental to the business climate and calls for a\u200c reassessment\u2064 of taxation and regulation practices that are\u200d pushing \u2064businesses out of\u2062 illinois. Miller argues that substantial change can only happen when\u2064 Democrats relinquish their \u2063control over policy-making,which he claims \u2064has led to \u2063the current economic hardships in the state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Springfield is cause of Illinois&rsquo; mass layoffs, business closures: State rep<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1963768\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says he speaks from painful experience when it comes to the subject of the state&rsquo;s long struggling job market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a small business owner myself and I know that because of the Biden, Harris and Pritzker economic policies, it&rsquo;s caused massive inflation, which has been a real hardship for everyday working-class Illinoisans,&rdquo; Miller told The Center Square. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve made things unaffordable in the state and it&rsquo;s all the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ice-nominee-pushed-to-release-violent-felons-from-his-jail\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s ICE Nominee Pushed to Release Violent Felons From His Jail\">bad public policy<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New state data shows at least 14,723 Illinoisans lost their jobs due to mass layoffs in 2024, with roughly two-thirds of those separations stemming from businesses that were shuttered,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.illinoispolicy.org\/mass-layoffs-hit-14-7k-illinoisans-in-2024-most-from-business-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the Illinois Policy Institute. During the month of December alone, companies added another 670 layoffs, with business closures accounting for 518 of them.<\/p>\n<p>With the state&rsquo;s unemployment rate at 5.2% as of December &ndash; the national unemployment rate is 4.1% &ndash; and Illinois already being home to the second highest property and corporate income taxes in the country, Miller says residents have suffered enough.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it would be helpful if the Pritzker side of the aisle would just understand Econ 101,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If they could understand that businesses are in business to make money for themselves, and they aren&rsquo;t there to be taxed and overburdened with regulations. I mean, anytime that they raise taxes and regulations, that makes it harder for businesses to survive. We&rsquo;ve seen businesses flee Illinois and it&rsquo;s because of the burden that they&rsquo;ve laid at the feet of these businesses in a very, in a very competitive environment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Miller sais the state&rsquo;s policies need to change.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that if you have even an ounce of common sense you could see that your public policies are devastating to the business climate and to the hardworking families in Illinois,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But to date, I haven&rsquo;t seen our governor or any members of the legislature on the left side of the aisle being willing to take ownership of anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Miller argues he sees just one way to bring about the level of change he&rsquo;s convinced is needed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nothing&rsquo;s going to change as long as the Democrats are in charge,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I mean, every bad public policy, they are 100% in charge of the devastation that we&rsquo;ve seen take place in Illinois. Everything, every problem that has occurred in the state lies directly at their feet. They have a super-majority and they can do anything that they want to do and their policies have caused the destruction and the devastation that we&rsquo;re living out in real time in our state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Under the WARN Act, state employers are required by law to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">file monthly mass layoff reports<\/a> if they have upwards of 75 full time employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1963768\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1963768\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Springfield&#8217;s policies lead to layoffs and closures, says Rep. 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