Over 57,000 Unemployment Claims Filed In Illinois Last Week Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois' estimated claims make up nearly 9%of the estimated 712,000filed across the country last week.
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Illinois' estimated claims make up nearly 9%of the estimated 712,000filed across the country last week.
Indiana state park properties and inns are hiring approximately 1,300 workers for the summer season.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security is finally admitting that callback times are getting worse, not better.
Those lengthy job searches can be discouraging. But CBS 2's Tim McNicholas found a success story on the city's North Side.
We are still hearing from people who can't get help with unemployment because of issues at the state level.
Illinois' latest claims make up 9.1% of the estimated 745,000 filed across the country last week.
This morning, the CBS 2 Career Coach is sharing what to look out for to avoid a scam.
The Morning Insiders found two women pleased with the state's unemployment system for months. Then 2021 hit. Now they're swept up in IDES drama too.
After our story this week revealing technical difficulties accessing the 1099-G tax document online, an IT expert reached out to CBS 2's Tara Molina with an idea.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported 68,383 new unemployment claims were filed during the week of Feb. 15.
The same building was raided by federal immigration agents earlier this year, and now residents said they need more time and help to relocate.
A driver suffered only "very minor" injuries when their SUV was struck by a Metra BNSF train in Hinsdale Monday morning.
Fear and concern is mounting as thousands of Catholic faithful prepare for the annual Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe pilgrimage in Des Plaines, amid an ongoing immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.
A federal trial began Monday to decide if Chicago police officers violated a man's civil rights when they shot him at the Grand Avenue CTA Red Line station in 2020.
Aurora police said the victim was pumping gas around 3:44 a.m. when he was approached and shot at by a man who then fled the area.
One man's mission to make the South Side of Chicago bloom just won a major prize.
Chicago police said that 19-year-old Giovanni Lopez participated in the armed robbery of a 19-year-old woman last month on the Southwest Side.
A man has been charged with setting a fire in the apartment building where he lived to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month in Cicero, Illinois.
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.