November 5, 2014

by Jim Nowlan
Outside Columnist

As I write this, the election has not yet been held.

I have been traveling the state, invited by audiences large and small (mostly small) to discuss my co-authored book on “Fixing Illinois.” At each stop, I ask those in attendance if Illinois can indeed be fixed?

Some say it cannot be fixed, yet more say that the state can be fixed but that it will take a long time. I agree with the latter folks.

The economy of Illinois has, for years, been growing more slowly than that of the nation and even that of our neighboring states.

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