unemployment

Two Peoria non-profit agencies will soon join forces to bring equity-based programs and services to people in the East Bluff.

The Peoria area's unemployment rate is nearing 18 percent as the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant stay-at-home order continues to hammer the economy.The…

Greater Peoria’s unemployment rate has dropped below five percent. The Illinois Department of Employment Security’s most recent report shows the…

Illinois' unemployment rate has hit its lowest level in more than a decade.The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Thursday that the…

A revised report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Illinois job growth hit a high point last summer and surpassed its prior business cycle…

Hiring was up and unemployment went down in the Peoria area from June 2016-June 2017, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…

Slightly fewer people were seeking full-time employment last year in the Peoria Metro area as well as statewide. Generally that translates to a lower…

CHICAGO (AP) - The state Department of Employment Security says unemployment decreased in Illinois in August, the fourth-straight monthly drop.But state…

More than 300 support and management employees of Caterpillar have been laid off, effective yesterday. Many of the affected employees were engineers, and…

The unemployment rate dropped across Illinois in May to 6.4%, but state officials attributed the drop to a decrease in the size of the state's workforce.…