Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have launched a new Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program, leveraging a $10 million commitment…
The number of nonfarm jobs increased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in June according to preliminary data released July 22 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
SPRINGFIELD – First-time unemployment claims fell sharply last week as both the state and national economies have begun gradually reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois…
SPRINGFIELD – While advocates in Illinois were optimistic that a series of measures reforming the state’s energy landscape could pass in 2019, various factors caused the legislative…
SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Department of Labor released statistics Thursday, June 25 showing 705,878 Illinoisans received unemployment insurance for the week ending June 20. While that…
The number of nonfarm jobs increased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in April according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said Jan. 22 that the unemployment rate increased 0.7 percentage point to 7.6 percent, while nonfarm payrolls were nearly unchanged,…
SPRINGFIELD – State education officials and youth employment advocates are proposing expanding job skills programs in areas with large minority student populations and high unemployment,…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration lawsGov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ ...
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Food Bank fills gap with ...With schools closed for the summer, the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank ...
