Pritzker: Employment security department processing claims ‘in timely manner’
The state surpassed 3,000 deaths related to the novel coronavirus Thursday, the 60th straight day the governor has hosted a...
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Another 74,000 file first-time unemployment claims in Illinois
Another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment during the week ending May 2, including more than 74,476 Illinoisans.
Another 81,000 Illinoisans file unemployment claims
The state reported 81,596 first-time claims in the week ending April 25, during which time more than 3.8 million claims...
Republican congressmen vow to ‘work with’ state on aid, but not on pensions
The state’s five Republican congressmen responded Monday to a letter sent last week by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon requesting...
Another 141,000 file initial unemployment claims, pushing 4-week total past 630,000 in Illinois
In the week ending April 11, another 141,049 Illinoisans filed initial unemployment claims, bringing the total number during the latest...
House Republicans call for beefing up state’s unemployment system
Illinois House Republicans on Monday called on Gov. JB Pritzker to do more to handle the unprecedented volume of new...
Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims
More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak...
‘Major flaws’ as state transitions former foster children to Medicaid managed care
An estimated 2,500 children and young adults in Illinois who had been in the custody of the state’s foster care...
Pritzker signs pension consolidation bill into law
A new law signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday will consolidate 649 downstate and suburban police and firefighter pension...
New rules could cost 140,000 Illinoisans SNAP benefits
The Trump administration is about to impose new regulations that would tighten eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...
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