Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 8,711 ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been contacted by the U.S. Department of Labor to remind him that unemployment benefits are not a ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

Unemployment rates in Illinois have dropped in 11 out of 12 metro areas with a mixed performance in nonfarm job numbers. Deputy Governor Andy Manar remains committed to improving the state's labor ...

Some of the department’s Illinois workers were axed ... but the fact that they labeled it as a performance-based solution ...