Over 20,000 Unemployment Claims Filed In Illinois Last Week Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois' estimated claims are among 364,000 total filed across the country last week.
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Illinois' estimated claims are among 364,000 total filed across the country last week.
A new flower shop on the city's South Side is giving young people a chance to grow.
The positions are open now through July 4, 2021. The jobs start at $18.01 per hour.
The State of Illinois is making it possible for people to work and still collect unemployment – in an effort designed to prevent more layoffs.
Illinois' estimated claims are among 411,000 total filed across the country last week.
The state did just issue a warning about fraud, but it shows they are not handling it on the front end themselves.
The hiring day will run through 6:00 p.m. Friday night.
With two out of five jobs lost to COVID-19 yet to return, women lost an entire generation of job gains.
A new scam has surfaced targeting people who are out of work. CBS 2's Tara Molina has investigated these issues for more than a year now, and on Thursday, she talked to an expert who has a warning about a growing number of fake emails and texts.
IRS' efforts to correct unemployment compensation overpayments will help most affected taxpayers avoid filing an amended tax return
A source close to the investigation said the woman worked for the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled key evidence in the Marimar Martinez shooting, including bodycam video and text messages, can be released.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
The city of Aurora is kicking off Black History Month by honoring a living legend, one of the last remaining Negro Leagues baseball players.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
A federal judge has ruled that the man cleared of offering $10,000 for the murder of Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino must be released from custody or given a bond hearing by Wednesday.
Former Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks was installed on Friday as the new Archbishop of New York in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
Illinois State Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit-and-run crash on the Edens Expressway earlier this week.