CHICAGO (WLS) -- The unemployment rate in Illinois has to its lowest level since December of 2008, falling to 7.9 percent last month according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, and ...

Indiana's unemployment rate stayed steady at 3.6% in July, the same as in June. There were 3.489 million Hoosiers participating in the labor force in July. The labor force participation rate in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The FBI put out a new warning Thursday about widespread unemployment fraud in Illinois. The bureau said fraud victims could have a major problem on their hands, especially when it's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Unemployment rates bumped up in northern Illinois communities and counties in July, but they still were lower than a year ago. In Winnebago County, the unemployment rate was 5.2% ...

The U.S. jobless rate likely edged up in October to the highest in four years as the hiring rate for unemployed workers ...

Declining construction work boosted Central Illinois unemployment rates in December. While McLean County's rate rose .3 percent last month to 3.6 percent, the county still tied with Woodford and Adams ...