(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) yesterday confirmed 10,416 new cases of COVID-19 since the Friday before, that's a 10% drop .
America has a deficit of workers. Willing workers. Capable workers. Skilled, or at least semi-skilled workers, who can do a job and do it well. There are at least one million jobs that go begging day after day if only employers could find workers to fill them. This probably seems hard-to-believe. After all, how can America have a worker shortage when we have about 18 million Americans who are unemployed or underemployed? When the real unemployment rate is 12 percent?
WGLT's The Leadoff is everything you need to know for Thursday, June 9. In the wake of a shortage of such workers, the Illinois Manufacturing Association held a summit on ways public schools can promote technical education. Plus, Charlie Schlenker checks in with Normal Town Council member Kevin McCarthy.
Illinois lawmakers got an earful Thursday about expected electricity price hikes and the repercussions across the state, from farmers to faith leaders to manufacturers.
Thanks to hasty closures of fossil-fuel and nuclear plants, coupled with shortfalls in renewable-energy production, Americans will face increasing power outages.