Unemployment Rises To 10.3 Percent

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate rose to 10.3 percent in June.

That's the highest rate since 1983, and it's up from 10.1 percent in May.

Nationally, June unemployment was 9.5 percent. That was also a 26-year high.

Illinois Department of Employment Security Director Maureen O'Donnell says the pace of job loss across the state has slowed for three straight months. She says that's a sign Illinois is starting to recover from the recession.

The state lost 5,400 construction jobs in June and 2,800 manufacturing jobs.

The total number of unemployed Illinoisans in June was 683,300. That's more than in any month since November 1983.

-ASSOCIATED PRESS

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[jumperpin]

And SOMEday Democrats will wakeup and reverse the deindustrialization fast-tracked by Wall Street and its (mostly) Republican enablers.

[steamboat]

(U.S.) Democrat president, democrat congress, democrat senate....­....(IL) democrat governor, democrat state senate, democrat state house. (Cook County) Everything and everybody, democrats.

Lets see, highest sales tax in America is Cook County (11 7/8 %)
Very high property taxes, very high excise taxes, and all this plus the various lotto's, Illinois ranks 49th in contributing funds to education. Chicago has strictest-gun control laws in America: Results---don't go out at night. Be careful in the day time, also. Today, 4 more murders, 6 others shot......­....

After reading all of the above, we can only say----blame the republicans (LOL) !