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February 9, 2010

Jan 91.2

IGPA's Hewings says more study needed to halt Illinois job slump

Photo of GEoffrey J.D. Hewings Illinois is mired in a deep employment recession that could linger for years unless the state unravels the roots of its nearly decade-long job slump, warns a new study by IGPA economist Geoffrey J.D. Hewings.

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IGPA Experts

Patricia Rushing

is director of the Center for Public Safety and Justice.

IGPA's
Annual Report 2008-09
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Leading researchers discuss today's issues in the Bazzani Lecture.

2009 Report
on Illinois'
Reform
Efforts

Illinois' economy shows an improvement for the third straight month. (read more)

Douglas Award for Ethics in
Government

The Illinois
Report 2009
Assessing
Our State

IGPA examines
today's hottest
issue

Health Care Reform

Focus

NEWLeadership 2010 - A Great Experience for College Women - June 6-11 - UIC

Rep. Patricia Bellock (R-Westmont) and Rep. Elaine Nekritz (D-Des Plaines) of the Conference of Women Legislators talk about the NEWLeadership Illinois program. The 2010 program will be June 6-11 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Learn more by visiting the NEWLeadership section of this website.

Analysis

Illinois Economic Review shows 6,300 more jobs lost in November

Job losses in Illinois continued to mount in November, bringing the total for the past 12 months to more than 250,000, according to the Illinois Economic Review compiled by IGPA's Regional Economic Applications Laboratory.

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