Unemployment

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon is pushing his jobs creation strategy as the path to improving the state's economy this year.Speaking at Jost Chemical Co. in…

Missouri's unemployment rate declined last month to its lowest point in more than 2 1/2 years.The state Department of Economic Development said Tuesday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 2, 2011 - Nearly one-third of the nation's 14 million unemployed have been out of work for a…

Unemployment in Illinois rose in September for a fifth straight month and hit 10 percent for the first time since August 2010.The state Department of…

A new report says Missouri's jobless rate edged lower last month despite a net loss of jobs.The state Department of Economic Development said Friday that…

Reporting from KCUR's Elana Gordon used in this report.Missouri has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to train more than…

Illinois' unemployment rate shot up almost half a percentage point in August to 9.9 percent. And state officials are blaming the continuing struggles of…

Like some 14 million Americans, the people in our series The Road Back to Workstarted the year unemployed and searching for a job. Nine months later, all six of the St. Louis residents are working, but their struggles continue.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/national/local-national-983710.mp3This summer, fewer young people in the U.S. are employed than at any…

State officials say unemployment in Illinois inched up to 9.5 percent in July, the third consecutive month it has increased.The Illinois Department of…