manufacturing jobs

As the fall harvest season arrives each year, the economic significance of agriculture in the Peoria area becomes highly visible. That’s a fact Greater Peoria Economic Development Council CEO Chris Setti has come to appreciate after growing up in suburban Los Angeles.

A trucking bed and body company says it plans to expand in western Illinois, eventually adding as many as 250 jobs. Quincy-based KnapheideManufacturing…

Illinois Senator-Elect Tammy Duckworth thanked supporters in Chicago, Springfield and Peoria. Duckworth says she remains committed to working in a…

America will need to fill three million manufacturing jobs over the next decade. But right now, companies can only find about one-third of the skilled w...

A Peoria lawmaker wants to create a new task force to address the growing skills gap in manufacturing. State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth has…