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
An Illinois State Police trooper has been charged with sexually assaulting a bartender after drugging her and taking her to a hotel last year in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
Illinois State Police are investigating a possible shooting on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway early Tuesday morning.
A Chicago Public Schools custodian from Venezuela was detained by ICE when his family went to their asylum appointment a few weeks ago, one of a growing number of immigration arrests across the country.
Seven confirmed tornadoes touched down in the Chicago suburbs one week ago, causing widespread damage, but the storms also brought out the best in some people, including two men who stepped up for their community in a time of need.
A week after seven tornadoes roared through the Chicago suburbs, the lengthy process of cleaning up and rebuilding remained underway on Monday.
Seven people were rescued after their boat capsized on Lake Michigan on Monday evening near 49th Street near the Kenwood neighborhood.
Two people from Illinois were found dead on Monday after they went missing while kayaking in Lake Michigan near Door County, Wisconsin, over the weekend.
Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget director, Annette Guzman, is stepping down from her post, the mayor's office confirmed Monday night.
An Aurora man has been arrested on kidnapping and murder charges, after a deadly wrong-way crash last week on the Dan Ryan Expressway.