SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 21 -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security issued the following news on June 20, 2025: * * * Illinois Payroll Jobs Hold Steady, Unemployment Rate Unchanged in May The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today nonfarm payrolls were nearly unchanged over-the-month, up +100 (0.0%) to 6,166,100 in May. Additionally, the April monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary report, from +4,100 to -2,400. The unemployment ra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 21 -- The University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute issued the following news: * * * Graduate Students to Pursue Summer Research through DRW and Bartlett Fellowships The ten students will work closely with faculty conducting climate and energy research this summer. EPIC is pleased to welcome a new class of fellows to the James Bartlett Fellowship Program in Energy and Environmental Policy and the DRW Graduate Fellowship in Economics and Policy this summer. The ten  more