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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker plans to leave Thursday for a seven-day trade mission to the United Kingdom with a coterie of advisers and leaders in manufacturing and

With Illinois' goal of zero-emissions by 2045, clean energy manufacturers have an increasingly critical role in energy transition efforts.

MOUNT VERNON Governor JB Pritzker, Manner Polymers, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today joined local leaders

MT. VERNON, Ill. -- A new manufacturing facility is coming to Mt. Vernon, bringing with it dozens of new jobs.

Intersect Illinois wants to get those travelers curious about the state's business climate.

From the city of big shoulders and across the Land of Lincoln, the state of Illinois’ broad business support shows.

Academic, political and corporate leaders move to get on the same page to pursue massive federal funding for research.

Tuesday, Governor JB Pritzker announced Innovate Illinois to bring federal money to the states science, technology, and climate initiatives.

After several years of downsizing and dwindling demand for its current product, the Jeep Cherokee, Stellantis is idling the plant “indefinitely,” laying off the last 1,200 workers in Belvidere.

The Belvidere plant had been considered for transition to EV production for the next generation Charger and Challenger, sources said. Instead, Stellantis announced in June that the vehicles will be built in Windsor, Ontario.