Unemployment

Missouri's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point in nearly four years - good news for incumbent Jay Nixon with the election three weeks away.The…

Illinois is getting $2.7 million to strengthen its efforts to fight waste and fraud in unemployment claims.The grant from the U.S. Labor Department will…

The unemployment rate dropped last month, but it's not all good news. Some 844,000 people have given up on finding a job for one reason or another. Some have decided to go back to school to train for a new career, but others have simply become too dejected to keep trying.

Illinois Congressional candidate Jason Plummer points to the uncertainty of the Metro East levee situation as a large cause of the area’s high…

Illinois' unemployment rate increased again in July with the loss of thousands of government and hospitality jobs.The Illinois Department of Employment…

St. Charles County voters could face two anti-smoking ballot measuresSt. Charles County voters could face not one but two ballot measures in November that…

Jobless rate drops below 8 percent in St. LouisThe jobless rate in metropolitan St. Louis is going down, and has dipped below 8 percent for the first time…

Nineteen residents of the Metro East and southern Illinois have been charged with stealing money from the state and federal unemployment insurance…

Missouri payrolls declineMissouri officials say state payrolls declined by 4,000 jobs in June while unemployment simultaneously decreased 7.1 percent.…

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says it has started checking the roll of people receiving unemployment benefits for those who might be…