Illinois jobless rate falls to 5.7 percent
— December 16, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a point in November to 5.7 percent as employers added 19,500 payroll jobs to the economy. Preliminary data released…
SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois fell three-tenths of a point in November to 5.7 percent as employers added 19,500 payroll jobs to the economy. Preliminary data released…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker outlined a $41.6 billion budget proposal Wednesday, Feb. 17 that would hold most state agencies at flat funding levels but which relies heavily…
SPRINGFIELD – More than 107,000 Illinois workers filed first-time unemployment claims last week, a 45-percent increase over the week before as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak…
SPRINGFIELD – New unemployment claims jumped by 23 percent in the state for the week ending Oct. 3, with 36,267 filing initial claims, according to the Illinois Department of Employment…
SPRINGFIELD — Ten “frustrated” Republican senators demanded Gov. J.B. Pritzker allow state offices tasked with processing unemployment claims to reopen in a letter sent exactly…
SPRINGFIELD – New claims for unemployment benefits continued to fall last week while overall unemployment remained at historically high levels. The Illinois Department of Employment…
SPRINGFIELD — Three Republican lawmakers on Friday, Dec. 4, put pressure on Illinois Department of Employment Security officials to answer for the backlog in unemployment claims and…
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois is one of the last states to apply and be approved for a federal program providing an additional $300 in unemployment assistance per week to qualifying residents….