Some Waiting For COVID-19 Benefits Pay A 'Penalty' That's Delaying Payments
"I'm a server, not a millionaire. So my funds are low to begin with."
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"I'm a server, not a millionaire. So my funds are low to begin with."
Economists predict Friday's April National Jobs Report will be the single worst in history.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday admitted that the Illinois unemployment system is "unfit to handle surge."
"I have a life. I have bills to pay. I'm stuck. I'm really stuck."
The U.S. Department of Labor estimates 74,476 new unemployment claims were filed during the week of April 27 in Illinois.
Career coach Lynee Alves is helping with resumes and providing the resume layout dos and don'ts.
They've waited weeks and weeks for help, but starting Monday, Illinois gig workers should start receiving unemployment benefits.
United Airlines has backed down on a plan to force its employees to go from full-time to part-time.
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Through CBS 2's commitment to Working for Chicago, we dig into problems Illinoisans face when applying for and receiving unemployment benefits.
Kianna Galvin left her home on May 6, 2016, to go to a nearby park and hasn't been seen since.
Two suburban women are facing Mother's Day without their mom, a Polish immigrant who has been in ICE custody since last August even though she has a Green Card.
After accusations flew in dueling legal filings earlier this week, a federal judge on Thursday officially dismissed the main conspiracy charge against the remaining "Broadview Six" immigration protesters indicted last fall.
A visitation will be held on Thursday for fallen Chicago police officer John Bartholomew, who was fatally shot at Swedish Hospital.
A nationwide Canvas outage has been reported, and is impacting schools in the Chicago area, including Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, UIC and the University of Illinois.
Three of the nation's major scholarly groups challenged the Trump administration's cuts to humanities grants.
A new trade school in Calumet Park, which is a non-profit school with scholarship programs, is offering a new segment of students a pipeline to lucrative careers.
Police across Chicago and the northern suburbs were investigating a string of overnight smash-and-grab burglaries targeting businesses.
More than 500 Chicago Public Schools students were at the Field Museum Thursday to participate in the fourth annual NASCAR STEAM Fest Design Challenge.