(The Center Square) – With the state’s unemployment rate already now at 5.3%, Republican state Sen. Craig Wilcox is warning that the number of people he feels are being hurt by policy decisions in Springfield only figures to multiply.
New U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows Illinois’ unemployment rate crept up to 5.3% in August, which ranks as the second highest in the country and the highest of all neighboring states.
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