Oppressive regulations leave thousands of jobs unfilled – Illinois Policy

As of April 2024, Illinois tied for the third-highest unemployment rate in the country at 4.8 percent, with over 313,000 people unemployed at the same time it had 385,000 jobs ready and waiting to be filled. So why is any Illinoisan unemployed? Occupational licensing laws.

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