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For the second month in-a-row, the unemployment rate decreased in all 12 metro areas – including the Quad Cities – for the ...
Unemployment has decreased in all 12 Illinois metro areas for the past two months, with the state's unemployment rate down to ...
Illinois continues to be one of the slowest growing economies in the nation, ranking 46th in post-pandemic job recovery and ...
The most livable small cities in the U.S. are in the Midwest, with one of the top-ranked locations sitting in Illinois, ...
Unemployment rates bumped up in northern Illinois communities and counties in July, but they still were lower than a year ago ...
Indiana's unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.6% in July, the same as in June. There were 3.489 million Hoosiers participating in the labor force in July. The labor force participation rate in ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson's office said it was working with Illinois' governor and Cook County, home to Chicago, in “evaluating ...
A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after the major indices rebounded, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered ...
Unemployment rates across the nation are rising among Black Americans, but particularly for Black women. Some economists say it is concerning because many Black Americans have been barely getting by ...
President Donald Trump said Illinois' governor should be asking for National Guard help in Chicago — a request the governor ...
New unemployment claims climbed by 11,000 for the week ending Aug. 16 over the week before bringing the number of new claims to 235,000, DOL says in report.
An Illinois city was recently named the second “most livable small city” in the U.S., and it’s not in Chicagoland. A July 9 analysis from finance website SmartAsset ranked Bloomington in second place ...