1,100-plus workers to lose jobs
More than 1,100 Illinois workers at about a dozen companies learned last month that they will lose their jobs in plant closings or mass layoffs, according to state records posted online earlier this week.
Candidates for U.S. Senate Promise Jobs to Rockford
Illinois' state treasurer made a campaign stop in Rockford with his campaign chair, Senator Dick Durbin. Alexi Giannoulias says he'll bring more jobs to the Stateline if he's elected to U.S. Senate.