1.0Medill Reports Chicagohttps://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicagorich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Sm2m6rTFWL"><a href="https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/illinois-loses-jobs-in-december/">Illinois loses jobs in December</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/illinois-loses-jobs-in-december/embed/#?secret=Sm2m6rTFWL" width="600" height="338" title="“Illinois loses jobs in December” — Medill Reports Chicago" data-secret="Sm2m6rTFWL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/01/Feature-Ready.jpg1100777By 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 the national rate of 4.7 percent, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The preliminary data shows a higher unemployment rate for […]