- More than 1,500 Illinois workers will lose their jobs over the next two months as companies like Lowe's reshuffle operations, according to state filings made public Tuesday.
The filings were part of the monthly Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) report compiled by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Lowe's Homes Centers Inc. said it will idle 194 workers at two big box home-improvement stores it recently closed on N. Barrington Rd. in Schaumburg and S. Randall Rd. in Elgin.
Go Quinn!
The news just keeps getting better for the governor: