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…
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Payroll jobs up significantly in October
— November 18, 2021The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Nov. 18 that the unemployment rate fell -0.2 percentage point to 6.0 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by +40,900…
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State unemployment rate shows slight drop for August
— September 17, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois fell to 11 percent for the month of August, a decrease of a half of a percentage point from the previous month as the state added 66,000…
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Illinois unemployment rate climbs to record in April, highest since 1983
— May 21, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois reached a staggering 16.4 percent in April, the highest rate recorded since the modern system of tracking joblessness began in 1976,…
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McLean County news briefs
— January 8, 2020BLOOMINGTON Program examines the Prohibition Era in McLean County Candace Summers, director of education at the McLean County Museum of History, will present an illustrated program…
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Unemployment rates up, jobs down across the state
— December 28, 2020The number of nonfarm jobs decreased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in November, according to preliminary data released Dec. 23 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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Illinois jobless rate dips to 11.3 percent
— August 20, 2020SPRINGFIELD – The unemployment rate in Illinois fell to 11.3 percent in July as the coronavirus pandemic’s grip on the state’s economy showed signs of easing. The Illinois Department…
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Peoria County news briefs
— January 8, 2020PEORIA Park District hosts day of winter outdoors Shake off the winter blahs and get outside. Try ice fishing, cast-iron cooking, fire-building, orienteering, winter birdwatching and…
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