{"id":2347315,"date":"2024-09-29T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wilcox-calls-for-changes-in-springfield-as-state-unemployment-rate-rises-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T19:50:46","slug":"wilcox-calls-for-changes-in-springfield-as-state-unemployment-rate-rises-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wilcox-calls-for-changes-in-springfield-as-state-unemployment-rate-rises-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilcox calls for changes in Springfield as state unemployment rate rises &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwilcox-calls-for-changes-in-springfield-as-state-unemployment-rate-rises-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2347315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican state Senator Craig Wilcox is expressing concern\u2062 over \u2062the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-seize-on-dismal-jobs-report-economy-has-a-fever-and-the-only-prescription-is-more-spending\/\" title=\"Dems Seize on Dismal Jobs Report: Economy Has a Fever and the Only Prescription Is More Spending\">rising unemployment rate<\/a> in Illinois, which has increased to 5.3%, the\u2064 second highest in the nation and the highest \u2062among neighboring states. He attributes this rise to \u200cunfavorable policies enacted in Springfield and Washington, D.C., stating that they are detrimental to\u200d businesses. Wilcox emphasizes the need for \u200cpolicies that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-impeachment-inquiry\/\" title=\"Biden faces impeachment inquiry.\">promote job creation<\/a> and support\u200c local businesses, advocating \u2062for a more business-minded approach in state \u2062governance. Recent labor statistics reveal \u2063that 343,000 residents are currently seeking work, highlighting the state&#8217;s poor job growth compared to\u2063 the national average. Wilcox \u200dcalls for a reassessment \u2064of current policies to drive economic improvement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wilcox calls for changes in Springfield as state unemployment rate rises<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771459\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; With the state&rsquo;s unemployment rate already now at 5.3%, Republican state Sen. Craig Wilcox is warning that the number of people he feels are being hurt by policy decisions in Springfield only figures to multiply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>New U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-7-million-covid-vaccines-given-in-u-s-with-70-of-available-doses-unused\/\" title=\"6.7 million COVID Vaccines Given in U.S. With 70% of Available Doses Unused\">data shows<\/a> Illinois&rsquo; unemployment rate crept up to 5.3% in August, which ranks as the second highest in the country and the highest of all neighboring states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to address policies that create jobs, that encourage businesses and that understand there&rsquo;s economic impact on every policy out there,&rdquo; Wilcox told The Center Square. &ldquo;Right now, the policies that are being pushed in Springfield and the policies that have been pushed in DC for the last four years, they&rsquo;re not friendly to business. We need an administration in the General Assembly that&rsquo;s legitimately business minded.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the month of August, data shows that 343,000 residents were left looking for work as the state&rsquo;s growing jobless list easily topped the national average of 4.2%. Over the last year, the state has seen job growth of 36,300 positions, ranking 44th among all states for non-farm job growth at 0.59%, or nearly a full-point behind the national average growth of 1.51%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The newspaper only talks about those large businesses that announce layoffs of 200 like Amazon&rsquo;s Fulfillment Center,&rdquo; Wilcox said. &ldquo;What they don&rsquo;t talk about are the 20 or 30 or 100 small businesses that have reduced staff. Small businesses are the workforce of America and when they start hurting because of policy impacts to their pocketbook, it means people are out of work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the state seeing its largest job growth in the area of state government, Wilcox worries what kind of message the overall sputtering numbers send to people.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What happens to individuals who are struggling that have no hope?&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We see it in Chicago every day, shortly to follow the high unemployment will be higher crime rates. We need to address policies that create jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since the pandemic, the job recovery rate in Illinois ranks 46th in the country, with only 13,500 more jobs than were available in early 2020. During that time, the state has lost such businesses as Caterpillar, Boeing and Citadel and in 2023, some 32,826 residents decided to leave the state, marking the 10th straight year of net population decline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771459\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771459\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilcox urges Springfield reforms as unemployment hits 5.3%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1058269468-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[18909,4846,41956],"class_list":["post-2347315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-springfield","tag-unemployment","tag-wilcox"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1058269468-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}