Thursday, December 5, 2013

Jobless rate down in Winnebago, Boone counties — but so is the number of workers - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

 

The unemployment rate for Boone and Winnebago counties fell in September and October to 10.5 percent, according to data released today by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
The jobless rates in September and October of 2012 were 10.7 and 10.6 percent respectively. So the jobless rates this year were down year over year for the 39th and 40th time in the past 41 months.
Despite that positive trend, Thursday’s data release left little to cheer about. According to state estimates, in October there were just 144,468 people working in the Rock River Valley compared with 150,294 in October 2012.
The number of people actively looking for work declined from 17,837 last October to 16,983 this year. So the drop in jobless rate is from people dropping out of the work force for reasons ranging from Baby Boomers retiring, unemployed workers abandoning the job search or moving to areas where the economic recovery is stronger.

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Election 2014: Surge in last-minute candidate filings - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

 

Boone County
Sheriff: Phil Beu and Dave Ernest, Republicans
Treasurer: Curt Newport, Republican
Clerk and Recorder: Mary Steurer, Republican
County Board
District 1: Republicans Sherry Giesecke and Raymond Larson; Democrat Bill Pysson
District 2: Republicans Jeffrey Carlisle, Ron Wait, Karl Johnson, Mark Sanderson
District 3: Republicans Sherry Branson, Marion Thornberry and Brad Stark filed for the four-year term, Chris Berner and Kenny Freeman filed for the two-year term.
by Jennifer Wheeler:

Election 2014: Surge in last-minute candidate filings - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL