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Bloomington-Normal's unemployment rate dipped below 4% last month. The largest job gains were in government, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and construction.
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The number of people working in the Bloomington-Normal area last month rose by more than 4% from May of last year.
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There's already a lot of consumer angst about rising electricity rates in central Illinois. Ameren Illinois said the average bill for households in this part of the state could rise by $500-600 this year. And when there's that much pain and that much stress, lawmakers get calls.
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Bloomington-Normal saw the largest percentage of year-to-year job growth of all 14 metro areas in Illinois.
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The Twin Cities' workforce grew by 6,000 in the last year as the area's post-pandemic economic recovery continues.
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The House on Wednesday advanced a measure to allocate $2.7 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay down more than half of its outstanding $4.5 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt.
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It looks like Bloomington-Normal economic development officials might have been right in saying Rivian hiring hasn't been fully reflected in state job reports over the last several months.
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Bloomington-Normal was the only metro area in Illinois that lost jobs over the last year, despite all the hiring by several major employers.
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The current job market continues to be a source of woe — and not workers — for area businesses.
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Bloomington-Normal's unemployment rate dropped below 4% last month.