Economy

The state reported 81,596 first-time claims in the week ending April 25, during which time more than 3.8 million claims...

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that he and five other Midwestern governors have agreed to coordinate with one another as...

In the week ending April 11, another 141,049 Illinoisans filed initial unemployment claims, bringing the total number during the latest...

Illinois House Republicans on Monday called on Gov. JB Pritzker to do more to handle the unprecedented volume of new...

More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak...

The Illinois economy grew at a slower pace than most neighboring states and the nation as a whole during the...

The Trump administration is about to impose new regulations that would tighten eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity introduced a five-year economic plan this week, focusing on six industries...

Unemployment rates in all 14 metropolitan areas in Illinois dropped over the past 12 months as the state’s economy added...

The 162nd Illinois State Fair is set to open Thursday, Aug. 8, in Springfield, and fair officials said they expect...