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GOP lawmakers are again demanding answers from Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Employment Securities over the state’s processing of...
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A group of Illinois Republican lawmakers is demanding Gov. J.B. Pritzker call a special session of the General Assembly to deal with persistent state...
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Experts blame the long-standing problem on discrimination, especially the "inadequate, inequitable'' education funding system.
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Illinois' jobless rate is now at 7.5 percent. It's the third consecutive monthly decrease. And it's at its lowest level since 2008.
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An economist predicts raising the minimum wage would hurt already poor job growth in Illinois.Illinois’ current minimum wage of $8.25 an hour is already a…
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U-S Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said one of his first priorities when the Senate reconvenes will be to call for an extension of unemployment…
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Superficial reforms are failing, I reckon.U.S. employers in March hired at the slowest rate since last June, adding just 88,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls,…
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A third of Illinois residents live in, or a very near poverty levels. That’s the finding of a new report which also shows some of the counties with the…
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The latest numbers from Iowa Workforce Development show why many in Lee County support the construction of a new fertilizer plant near Wever.Iowa’s…
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The country’s unemployment crisis is because workers no longer have marketable skills prospective employers want, according to corporate-cozy politicians…