Illinois created 4,000 jobs in July

Why do a post on this? Look where the jobs were created in Blue Illinois:

Government hires drove July’s increase, with that sector adding 5,800 jobs and the education and health services sector adding 1,400 jobs. Loss of 1,900 jobs in the trade, transportation and utility sector and 1,500 fewer jobs in the professional business services sector, two areas of the state’s economy that had contributed to growth earlier in the year, offset the gains.

There always seem to be a bull market in government hiring.Is this a sign that a state like Illinois is in a recession,the fact that no net private sector jobs were created? Crain's Chicago Business