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After hearing from so many laid-off workers – frustrated by failures of the Illinois Department of Employment Security's new callback system - we asked IDES and the Governor's office how many people are staffing the phone lines, how that staffing breaks down, and where those people are.
There were 1,434,000 new claims filed across the U.S. last week.
Job recruiters are the focus this week.
We got dozens of emails on Wednesday alone from people still not getting the answers they need from the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Who is on the other end of the line when you call the Illinois Department of Unemployment Security?
You've probably heard of tiny homes. Bantam Built in Elgin is now building tiny offices.
At a time when many companies are scaling back, a manufacturing plant in Gurnee is expanding and adding dozens of full-time jobs.
"I just don't want other people to have to go through this."
The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on Friday, setting up a final vote on Saturday
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law. Follow live updates here.
Chicagoan Laura Hubka designs and creates all the hats at her pop-up shop at the Drake Hotel; a mix of serious and whimsical, colorful and nifty neutrals.
During this season of giving, many Chicagoans are generously helping Christmas special for other families. See what groups across the area are doing and what you can still do this holiday season.
A man has been charged with stealing hundreds of cases of ice cream from delivery trucks in northwest Indiana.
The Federal Transit Administration issued a letter Friday morning, rejecting the CTA's safety plan just hours into its implementation.
Over the weekend, 50 young men between the ages of 9 and 25 embraced the cold and handed out toys, water, and food in the South Shore neighborhood.
Winter break is here for Chicago Public Schools Students, and at one school in the Pullman neighborhood, that meant a loud and festive sendoff before heading home for the holidays.
A woman who was attacked by the man charged with sexually assaulting a woman in a wheelchair at a CTA station said that crime could have been prevented with action after her beating.