Jobless Rate Improves in February

Jobless numbers in Illinois are still slowly improving.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says that the state’s unemployment rate fell one tenth of one percent to 6.0%. The state saw gains in most employment sectors.

IDES Director Jeff Mays says that the state’s growth rate is half that of the nation's and it will take more than a year for the state to be back at employment levels seen previous to the recession. The nation’s unemployment level is 5.5%.