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CHICAGO (AP) — State officials say the unemployment rate sharply spiked in Illinois in November as more people started looking for work. The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that the jobless rate jumped 0.3 percent to 5...

CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment rates in Illinois' metro areas continued their long decline in July. The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that the jobless rate fell in every metro area last month. That was the 17th straight month of across-the-board declines...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment rates dropped in all Illinois metro areas in June. It was the 16th straight month of statewide decreases. But the department said Thursday in its monthly report on metro jobless rates that only eight metro areas added jobs...

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network The state’s unemployment rate falls below 6 percent for the first time since 2008. That may be the only good news out of June unemployment report. Despite the rate falling to 5.9 percent, the state lost 7,500 jobs in the same month...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment rates dropped again during May in all 15 Illinois metro areas. Three of those areas have returned to pre-recession employment levels. The department said Thursday that jobless rates fell for the 15th straight month in every Illinois metro area...

Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois’ unemployment rate is holding steady at 6 percent. The 6 percent rate is a half point above the national rate, but it’s down from 7.1 percent a year ago. It’s OK, says Evelina Loescher, labor market information director for the Illinois Department of Employment Security...

Despite a drop in the unemployment rate in April to 7.9 percent, Illinois remains worst in the Midwest and third-worst nationally for joblessness. That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Illinois Policy Institute took a deeper look at the numbers: Illinois’ private-sector jobs loss came against a gain of 1,000 government jobs, leaving the state with a net loss of 6,800 payroll posi