Rising Unemployment

Power Of Stimulus Slow To Take Hold As Rising Unemployment Blunts Obama's Recovery Plan

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Five months after Congress approved a massive package of spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving an ailing economy, the jobless rate is still climbing...

Who Would Want To Be President in These Times?

Bob Starks | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Bob Starks

After all of the cheering and congratulations on Inauguration Day, the new president will have to face the reality of the end of an era of prosperity and American world domination.

Illinois Unemployment Rising

Chicago Tribune | James P. Miller | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago


Unemployment in Illinois continued to track well above the national average in August, as the number of job-seekers climbed and employers continued to...