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National Instability Causes Bump in Job Recovery – Manufacturing Jobs Up 4th Straight Month; 11,300 since Last Year
CHICAGO – The Illinois seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July increased to 9.5 percent as 24,900 fewer jobs were reported, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES).
Sixty Percent of Workers Who Were Laid Off in the Last Year Found New Jobs, CareerBuilder Survey Finds
– Workers Provide Examples of How They Switched to Entirely New Career Paths CHICAGO , Aug. 4, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — While more laid off workers are getting back to work, those who are still unemployed are anxious about re-entering the workforce.
TNP Strategic Retail Trust Acquires the Debt Secured by Constitution Trail Centre in Normal, Illinois
IRVINE, Calif. , July 5, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc.
Business, labor hash out payment of state’s $2.8 billion unemployment debt
By Mary Massingale Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Business and labor groups are meeting to hammer out a plan to pay off the state’s $2.8 billion unemployment debt to the federal government, with both groups apparently sharing in the pain. But neither side is talking much.
Feeding America Concerned That Proposed Budget Cuts Could Lead to Increased Food Insecurity in the U.S.
CHICAGO , Feb. 16, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — This week, Congress begins debate over a bill that would significantly cut spending in 2011.
Feds could help state with unemployment interest crunch
By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD — Illinois is struggling to pay off its growing stack of bills, but some relief might be on its way from Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama released his budget proposal Monday, and included in it was a two-year break for states’ interest payments on money borrowed from the federal government to fund unemployment insurance.
A city not working
The next mayor of Chicago is going to have a big burden on his or her shoulders trying to ensure that “the city that works” really works. In this issue’s cover story, “Loopholes,” Reporter Angela Caputo gives us a glimpse of the city’s job market.
Political Dynamos: Remembering Those Who Left Us In 2010
Elizabeth Edwards’ public battle with cancer was just one of the crises she endured in 2010. In the waning days of the 111th Congress, Democrats and Republicans worked together (yes, you heard me) to pass some far-reaching legislation, including an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits, a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and ratification of the New Start Treaty.
Remembering Those Who Left Us In 2010
Elizabeth Edwards’ public battle with cancer was just one of the crises she endured in 2010. In the waning days of the 111th Congress, Democrats and Republicans worked together (yes, you heard me) to pass some far-reaching legislation, including an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and unemployment benefits, a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and ratification of the New Start Treaty.