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The addition of 80,000 jobs has led to a small dip in the national unemployment rate, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is the official press rel...

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This week's Patch Portraits also highlight one Evanston couple opening their home to adventure in Argentina and Des Plaines' dance studio owner for more than two decades. "It's goin...

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More than 100 job seekers handed their resumes to recruiters during the first 90 minutes of a job fair sponsored by Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in Lake Forest Thursday. One of th...

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The Northfield Township Food Pantry will end its evening and weekend hours effective Aug. 31 after a study found that longer operations were an unnecessary expense. The township’s Hu...

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With the economy struggling, the markets extremely volatile and the debt limit debate still stinging, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) was aiming to put a focus back on job creation last W...