Row of suburban homes

Existing-Home Sales slide in December

By Mindy Tan Existing-home sales decreased 2.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.49 million in December from an upwardly revised 5.65 million

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Illinois loses jobs in December

By Karen Lentz The state unemployment rate increased to 5.7 percent in December, 0.1 percentage point above 5.6 in November, and one percentage point above