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Article: Illinois struggles as economy keeps sputtering
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- SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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By TAMMY WEBBER The Associated Press The signs of Illinois' economic crisis are all around Ginger Tessema. Her husband's pink slip. The foreclosure signs in her neighborhood. Even the racks in her used-clothing consignment store. "People are holding on to things longer," said Tessema, gesturing toward an empty space at the back of the shop, Grant's Good as New, that usually is filled with clothing - especially when times are tough. But as the worst economic downturn in decades strengthens its grip and sheds jobs at a faster pace than any time since the end of World War II, families are hunkering down and cutting back. More than 570,000 people in Illinois were out of work in February - the ...
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