JOBS WERE UP AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS DOWN LAST MONTH IN ILLINOIS.

THERE WERE SOME POSITIVE SIGNS IN THE LATEST JOB NUMBERS SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACTING DIRECTOR RAY MARCHIORI (mar-chee-or-ee).

MARCHIORI (mar-chee-or-ee) SAYS 84-HUNDRED JOBS WERE ADDED FROM MAY TO JUNE AND ALSO WORTH NOTING…

JUNE MARKED THE SIXTH MONTH IN A ROW FOR JOB GAINS.