An industry trade group says that Illinois added 20,200 construction jobs from December, 2013 to December, 2014. While people would like to attribute it to an improving job climate, it's probably just a better climate this time around. Weather was a major factor in the job growth. While attributing much of the the growth this winter over last year's exceptionally harsh winter, the Associated General Contractors of America reports the job growth came in 40 states and shows that construction firms are also more optimistic.
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