Tag: Illinois

Maybe it would be better to call this “welcome to a Mitt Romney’s America“: The shock of losing a precious job in a town afflicted by high unemployment is always hard. A foundation for a stable family life and secure home instantly disappears, replaced with a future filled with fears over health insurance, missed mortgage […]

Earlier this week I reported that Cincinnati is losing one of its longtime companies, Chiquita, to Charlotte NC. Charlotte ended up offering Chiquita $22 million in incentives and Ohio’s governor, John Kasich, said that we couldn’t offer them any more than the $6 million already offered. Now we know why: Ohio has offered Sears incentives […]