Normal's unemployment rate rose to 4% in November, a slight increase from 3.6% a year ago. The area also lost 500 jobs in the ...

Unemployment up 1% in Chicago metropolitan region Over the year, total nonfarm jobs increased in seven metropolitan areas and ...

IDES and its partners continue to serve as a tool in workforce ecosystem to bridge the two together and provide critical assistance.” Illinois' unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage point higher ...

Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago CHICAGO — With the new year comes a series of legislative changes in Illinois. From workplace protections to environmental sustainability, these updates aim to ...

The new year brings familiar challenges for Southern Illinois as a winter storm is expected to sweep across the region this weekend, bringing freezing temperatures with the possibility of snow and ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...