Press Release: Metro East Highlights. The August 2019 unemployment rate for the Illinois Section of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area was 3.8 percent, a decrease of (-1.0%) from the August 2018 rate of 4.8 percent.
Press release: Beginning Sunday, September 29, Illinois employers and employment agencies are prohibited from asking about job applicants past wage and compensation histories or using such information to screen candidates for a position.
Press Release: Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IL-IA MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.8 percent in August 2019 from 4.0 percent in August 2018. The last time the August rate was equal to or lower was in 2000 when it was 3.6 percent.
Press Release: Metro East Highlights. The August 2019 unemployment rate for the Illinois Section of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area was 3.8 percent, a decrease of (-1.0%) from the August 2018 rate of 4.8 percent.
Press Release: East Central Illinois HighlightsChampaign-Urbana MSA. The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.7 percent in August 2019 from 4.8 percent in August 2018.
Press release: St. Clair County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0180, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Press Release: The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is working with countyemergency managers throughout the state to ensure local governments impacted by the historicspring floods have the necessary documents and paperwork in order to meet the October 19thfiling deadline for federal public assistance funding.
Press Release: On Friday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m., the American Business Club (ABC) of Springfield will make donations totaling more than $92,000 to Springfield area charities during a special presentation on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.