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As it has throughout the country, COVID-19 has brought significant unemployment to Rockford and its surroundings. The city and local companies are working…
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Political partisanship remains an obstacle to further economic aid during the coronavirus pandemic.That’s according to Northern Illinois University…
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Governors from nearly every Midwestern state are collaborating on when and how to reopen the regional economy once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides....
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Illinois House Republicans in a press conference Monday said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has not done enough to address the tsunami of...
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Illinois’ economic outlook is improving by one measure. According to two reports on the state's labor force, Illinois added nearly three thousand jobs...
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The milk giant Dean Foods is closing one of its Illinois facilities this year. The Texas-based corporation's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification…
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment increased from 4.8% in July to 5% in August. IDES spokesman Bob Gough said there also was…
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The Illinois unemployment rate increased slightly in June while nonfarm payrolls increased by nearly 9,000 jobs.The Illinois Department of Employment…
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's unemployment rate fell below six percent in February. The drop to 5.4 percent leaves…
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Unemployment rates dropped last month in every Wisconsin county and all 32 of the state's largest cities. The state's Department of Workforce Development…