THE ILLINOIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HELD STEADY AT FOUR POINT THREE PERCENT IN FEBRUARY.
THE JOBLESS RATE HAS BEEN THE SAME SINCE NOVEMBER SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SPOKESPERSON BOB GOUGH (goff).
GOUGH (goff) SAYS AFTER SOME BIG GAINS IN JANUARY… ILLINOIS WAS DOWN MORE THAN 12 HUNDRED JOBS IN FEBRUARY.
THAT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAME IN AT THREE POINT EIGHT PERCENT LAST MONTH.