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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his fellow Illinois Democrats approved more than $150 million in the current state budget for local projects hand-picked by their party, a power play over Republicans that is unusual in scope and secrecy even in the history of Springfield’s chronic partisan gamesmanship. In a state known for negotiating local pork-barrel project funds in at least somewhat of a bipartisan ...

The Quad Cities added more jobs in 2023 and saw only a slight increase in unemployment claims, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Total nonfarm jobs went up in eight metropolitan areas, went down in five and were unchanged in one […]

The civil rights leader called for a guaranteed annual wage as 'a basic human and moral right' which many considered radical thinking

SPRINGFIELD - Unemployment rates around the Riverbend region remained close to a year ago in a November 2023 to November 2022 comparison.Madison Count

Stanley, township supervisor since 2013, died Saturday after "a long health battle," a township official confirmed on Monday. She was 58.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur Township Supervisor Lisa Marie Stanley has passed away.

(The Center Square) – The latest unemployment numbers show Illinois workforce continues to trail the rest of the nation as the Land of Lincoln finished in the bottom five for

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The number of jobs is up once again in the Peoria area. Also once again, so is the number of unemployed. That's according to feder...

Illinois is doubling down on business attraction and retention efforts to support economic development in every corner of the state.

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate increased +0.3 percentage point to 4.4 percent,