The jobless rate in the Chicago metropolitan area rose to 10.4 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September and spiked from 6.1 percent in October 2008, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Wednesday.
The area shed 178,600 [...]
The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's unemployment rate is now 11%. That's up from 10.5%. The river of unemployed is rising.
[...]The state's unemployment troubles just keeps growing. Today, the Illinois Department of Employment Security released the October jobless rate. In just one month, it jumped from 10.5 to 11 percent, the highest level in 26 years. CBS 2 has more:
The state reported job losses in numerous industries. The trade and transportation sectors lost [...]
Right on schedule, President Obama signed into law this morning H.R. 3548, a federal extension of unemployment insurance. The bill extends jobless benefits to unemployed Americans set to exhaust their insurance by December 31 in states (like Illinois) where unemployment rates are high. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, 28,000 [...]
While the Senate continues to debate whether or not to extend unemployment benefits, the dismal jobs numbers keep coming in. The state's unemployment rate jumped half of a percentage point between August and September to 10.5 percent, according to new data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.' [...]
