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Illinois payroll jobs up, unemployment rate unaffected in April, IDES says – WCIA (Champaign)
The Illinois Department of Employment Security said the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in April, unchanged from March, and up +0.6 percent from the same month, one year ago, based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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