Unemployment

The unemployment rate for Black Americans is surging, and the rate for Black women is dramatically increasing and causing concern among St. Louis-area economists.

The Illinois section of the St. Louis metropolitan area reported a 3.5% unemployment rate, a 1.3% drop from the same time last year.

A long-awaited audit found an array of weaknesses at state unemployment agency.

The answer is complicated and depends on how you look at the 2.6% unemployment rate for the overall St. Louis metropolitan area.

Constant and sometimes sudden moves can disrupt military families' finances and cause challenges with their children’s schools and medical care.

In the two years since an Illinois law took effect, more than 1,000 military members and their spouses have been helped with a professional license application in the state.

The governor’s talking points to highlight the state’s economic status cite various sources, and economists say some are more viable than others.

St. Louis-area food pantries are busy stocking shelves for this summer now that Missourians are receiving smaller unemployment checks.

To address the ‘historic’ high call volume, the federal government has given Missouri permission to suspend recertification interviews to receive food stamps.

The U.S. workforce has roughly 2.2 million fewer women in it today than in January. In September alone, 865,000 women left their jobs — four times more than men.