Metro unemployment rates updated The unemployment rate decreased in eleven metro areas and increased in one for the year ending February, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The statewide unemployment rate is 5.1%, compared with 4.1% nationally. The metro areas with the highest unemployment rates are Kankakee and Decatur […]

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