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Adams County Tied for 2nd Lowest Unemployment in State

Adams County Tied for 2nd Lowest Unemployment in State July 29, 2011

[share] Adams County is tied for the second lowest unemployment in the State of Illinois for the month of June at 6.1%. That is 1.1% lower than June of 2010. This is the second month in a row that Adams County has tied Schuyler County, coming in second only to Brown County out of the 102 counties in the state.

The City of Quincy’s unemployment sits at 6.7% which is 1.3% lower than a year ago in June.

For a complete list of unemployment figures across the state, visit the IDES Local Area Unemployment Statistics website.

IAQ Annual Meeting Features NFIB Senior Fellow on Healthcare Reform

IAQ Annual Meeting Features NFIB Senior Fellow on Healthcare Reform July 19, 2011

[share] Dr. Robert F. Graboyes, a Senior Fellow for Healthand Economics at the NFIB  Research Foundation in Washington, DC., is the featured speaker at the Industrial Association of Quincy 2011 Annual Meeting on Monday, August 15th. The luncheon will be held at noon in the Hall of Fame Room at the Quincy University Health and Fitness Center. Tickets are available by filling out and returning this reservation form or calling Great River Economic Development Foundation at 217.223.4313.

Dr. Graboyes will give a speech entitled, Healthcare Reform: How High’s the Water, Mama?. “The 2010 healthcare law is washing across American business and will profoundly complicate the relationships between employer, employee, and government,” said Dr. Graboyes. “I will talk about sandbags and high ground for the years ahead.”

In his role at the NFIB, Dr. Graboyes analyzes federal and state healthcare legislation from the perspective of small business. He also teaches health economics in master’s and doctoral programs at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, and George Mason University.

Previously, Dr. Graboyes was Chase Manhattan Bank’s economist for sub-Saharan Africa, economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and associate professor at the University of Richmond. In 2000 and 2007, he was Visiting Scholar at the Kazakhstan School of Public Health in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, master’s degrees from the College of William and Mary, Columbia University and Virginia Commonwealth University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia. His recent writings can be found at NFIB.com/DrBob.

Reservations for the August 15th luncheon at the Quincy University Health and Fitness Center Hall of Fame Room may be made by filling out and returning this reservation form or contacting GREDF, which serves as IAQ facilitator, at 217-223-4313 or gredf@gredf.org. The cost is $15 per person. Tables of seven are available.

Unemployment Rates Continue Fall

Unemployment Rates Continue Fall July 5, 2011

[share] Unemployment rates in the region continued their downward trend in May.

Adams County currently sits at 5.5% which is 0.5% lower than April and 1.2% lower May 2010. Adams County is tied with Schuyler County for the 2nd lowest unemployment out of 102 counties in the State of Illinois, second only to Brown County.

City of Quincy unemployment rates for May sit at 6.0%. This is 0.6% lower than April and 1.5% lower than a year ago.

For a complete list of unemployment figures across the state, visit the IDES Local Area Unemployment Statistics website.

2011 May Unemployment Map by Illinois County

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