Rockford’s unemployment rate saw one of the largest decreases in the state of Illinois, dropping from 5.9% in 2023 to 4.9% in ...

Rockford and Springfield, with the highest increase at 2,200 in Champaign-Urbana. The areas with the biggest increase in unemployment rates are Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL, Chicago ...

Winnebago County Public Health Administrator Sandra Martell said although the Rockford region, like the rest of Illinois, is seeing an increase in "communicable respiratory and gastrointestinal ...