Press Release Illinois’ youth employment rate was worst in Midwest, COVID-19 crisis made it even worse Illinois experienced a 40.4% drop in teen employment since 2019, the highest drop in the Midwest and 11th highest drop in the nation 07/09/2020
Press Release Worst-case scenario: 21,700 Illinois restaurants could permanently close because of COVID-19 shutdown The most optimistic forecast shows 20% of Illinois’ food service business closures will be permanent 07/02/2020
Press Release Illinois state workers to receive $1,300 pay raise on July 1 AFSCME Council 31 members will receive automatic pay raises on Wednesday, costing Illinois $261 million despite COVID-19 budget crisis 06/30/2020
Press Release Illinois’ Black and white populations declined, Asian and Hispanic populations increased over the past decade Out-of-state employment is the No. 1 reason working-age Illinoisans left the state since 2010 06/26/2020
Press Release Illinois food service jobs down more than 40% amid nation’s strictest reopening plan Illinois is experiencing nearly five times the typical job loss as COVID-19 business closures continue to take their toll on the state’s economy 06/25/2020
Press Release Black, Hispanic workers saw far weaker employment rebound despite suffering heaviest job losses Illinois has only recovered 2% of jobs lost by black workers and 1% of jobs lost by Hispanic workers while white workers saw 13% of jobs return 06/18/2020
Press Release Illinois mortgage delinquency rate could double this year Up to 130,000 Illinois homeowners could fall behind on mortgage payments following economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic 06/17/2020
Press Release Illinois experiencing 5 times the typical job loss since COVID-19 hit the state’s economy Illinois saw the nation’s 8th highest raw unemployment claims for the past four weeks. 06/11/2020
Press Release Women, minorities nearly twice as likely to lose employment from the COVID-19 pandemic More than 1 in 5 black and Hispanic women in Illinois lost their jobs during the first month of the statewide stay-at-home order. 06/04/2020
Press Release Illinois’ real-time unemployment rate is second highest among border states Nearly 1 in 4 Illinoisans now find themselves out of work. 05/28/2020
