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Jim Nowlan: Illinois should be an economic powerhouse. Why isn’t it?
In each of the six R’s critical to economic development — roads, rails, rivers, runways, routers (technology) and research — Illinois is among the top states in the nation. And it’s smack dab in the middle of the world’s largest economy. Illinois should be …