Illinois unemployment rate holds steady at 9.5 percent

... services firms shed 5,800 jobs, leisure and hospitality businesses cut a net 4,900 jobs, and positions at construction companies were down 1,300 for the month. "Not just because it's high, but the hope was that last month was kind of an anomaly," he ...

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