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The unemployment rate in the Carbondale-Marion metro went from 4.8 percent in July 2023 to 5.8 percent last month.

Over-the-year, the unemployment rate increased in all fourteen metropolitan areas.

The total non-farm jobs in the Carbondale-Marion metro area increased by 700.

The Carbondale-Marion metro area saw an increase of 800 jobs.

Overall in the Carbondale-Marion metro area, the unemployment rate went up from 4.5 to 4.9 percent.

The Carbondale-Marion metro area saw its rate increase from 4.6 percent to 5.1 percent.

The national unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in January.

The audit found out of a total of $3.6 billion in PUA funds paid out between July 2020 and June 2021, nearly $1.9 billion was tied to fraud.

New claims for unemployment benefits continued to fall last week while overall unemployment remained at historically high levels.The Illinois Department…

Representatives of the Illinois Department of Employment Security on Wednesday testified before the Senate Labor Committee about fraudulent claims,…