Tom Austin

Thanks to the pandemic, unemployment in the Quad Cities has reached the highest April level in nearly 40 years. Our jobless rate hit 15.2 per cent last…

You could call it the calm before the storm. Unemployment in the Quad Cities went down in March, just ahead of the huge numbers of applications that have…

Although it's probably changed a lot since then, the new year started off well for jobs and employment in the Quad Cities. The Illinois Department of…

Unemployment dropped slightly in the Quad Cities in October, going from 4 per cent at this time last year, to 3.8 per cent last month. Tom Austin from the…

Unemployment held steady in the Quad Cities last month at 3.9 per cent - the same as in September of last year. And it was just one-tenth of one per cent…

Unemployment in the Quad Cities went down in August, from 4 per cent a year ago to 3.8 per cent last month.Tom Austin from the Illinois Department of…

Unemployment held steady in the Quad Cities last month at 3.9 per cent, the same rate as in July a year ago. Tom Austin, from the Illinois Department of…

As the summer began, unemployment fell in the Quad Cities. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the jobless rate fell from 4.2 per cent…

Unemployment fell slightly in the Quad Cities last month - down one-tenth of one per cent during the past year, to 3.5 per cent in May.Tom Austin from the…

There was little change in unemployment in the Quad Cities last month. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the rate moved up just…