Unemployment rising throughout Illinois
Job creation is down in all but three of Illinois’ metro areas
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New laws: Illinois expands job-protected leave for parents with newborns in NICU
New labor laws take effect Jan. 1
Unsettling Accounts: How Illinois is confronting the growing student loan crisis
People in their 20s and 30s who are burdened by student loans find it difficult to buy a home, but ...
Capitol Briefs: State money to address food deserts; unemployment at 4.2%; tax season opens
Grant funding is now available for Illinois grocery stores, the unemployment rate saw a slight bump and tax filing season ...
COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid benefits in Illinois – including fraud
Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with ...
Lawmakers advance $1.8 billion unemployment fund bailout
On the final day of their fall veto session, Illinois lawmakers advanced a pair of bills that would infuse $1.8 ...
Lawmakers announce bipartisan plan to pay down remaining unemployment debt
Lawmakers announced a bipartisan plan to use state revenues to pay down the remaining $1.4 billion in debt taken on ...
State to reduce $1.8 billion federal unemployment debt by $450 million
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million ...
Illinois jobless rate falls to lowest point since start of pandemic
The Illinois economy added 18,800 jobs during June as the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent, the lowest it has ...
State audit finds billions in unemployment fraud
A state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed Illinoisans during the pandemic ...
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