Executive Director of Workforce Investment Solutions Rocki Wilkerson said that the unemployment rate in Central Illinois is 5.1 percent, a decrease from 6.3 percent in 2024. Nationally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent - 7.2 million Americans without jobs.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.