Friday, April 18, 2014

ILL-inois: Jobless rate improves to third-worst in nation

This is what passes for good news in Illinois: The Prairie State now has the third highest unemployment rate in the nation, last month it was tied with Nevada for second place.

In figures released today, Rhode Island has the highest jobless rate in America at 8.7 percent, followed by Nevada at 8.4 percent. Illinois is close behind at 8.3 percent.

The nation's lowest level of joblessness can be found in North Dakota, oil fracking has transformed the once sleepy state into a Great Plains dynamo.

Yes, fossil fuels have a bright future. Which is why an advisory referendum to ban fracking in a downstate Illinois county failed last month.

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