New jobless claims increased to 15,198 in the week ending December 2, up from 10,751 the week before, the Labor Department said. U.S. unemployment claims rose to 220,000 last week, up 1,000 claims from 219,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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.