Unemployment Fraud, Identity Theft, And Filing Your Taxes: An Expert's Advice
It's going to be a rough tax season, according to experts preparing to deal with rampant unemployment fraud cases affecting your taxes.
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It's going to be a rough tax season, according to experts preparing to deal with rampant unemployment fraud cases affecting your taxes.
In this new phishing scam, people are trying to get personal information that could be used to file for unemployment claims.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported 95,481 new unemployment claims were filed during the week of Jan 18 in Illinois.
Lynee Alves, president of Interview Like An Expert and CBS 2 career coach, will be holding a free live Masterclass next week.
CBS 2 is Working For Chicago and working with a career coach every week to bring you advice about looking for and landing a job during the pandemic.
If you get a 1099-G form in the mail, but you never applied for unemployment benefits, someone else may have in your name.
Glassdoor, the job research company, compiled a list of the 100 best places to work in 2021 based on employee ratings.
Illinois' estimated claims were among 900,000 filed across the country.
IDES continues to blame the federal government for a lag in implementing a new law that could make life a whole lot easier for several people.
This week our career coach is sharing strategies for negotiating.
As many as 150,000 Illinois SNAP participants will lose their benefits on Friday due to new, stricter eligibility rules in the Trump Administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Activists worldwide will commemorate "May Day," also known as "International Workers' Day," on Friday.
A second man was charged in the dollar store robbery that led last weekend's shooting at Swedish Hospital.
Elmwood Park, Center Cass, Oak Lawn Hometown, and Atwood Heights are among the Illinois districts being investigated by the Justice Department over classroom instruction on gender and sexuality.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Thieves targeted a liquor store in Lincoln Square early Friday morning.
The Kentucky Derby will see a full field of 20 horses in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Several recent deadly and serious crashes involving popular electric scooters have thrust their safety into the spotlight. Now some Chicago suburbs are cracking down on where and how they can be used.