Illinois exodus –

By Scott Stantis

PUBLISHED: December 20, 2016 at 4:28 PM CST | UPDATED: May 8, 2019 at 7:00 PM CDT

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Burdensome taxes, dysfunctional leadership. Why, oh why, would nearly 38,000 folks choose to leave Illinois since 2015?

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