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 ...

SPRINGFIELD 1099-G tax forms are now available for claimants who received unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in 2024, the ...

NewsCenter 5 offered the Healey Administration the chance for an on-camera interview about this, but they declined. Matthew ...

Unemployment fell across most of South Central Illinois in December. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Marion County’s unemployment fell four tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, has banned the state from hiring individuals convicted of crimes during the ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has blocked anyone who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol from working in ...

December unemployment rates varied across Illinois metros, with job growth in some areas and decreases in others.

Winnebago County and Rockford ended 2024 with their lowest unemployment rates of the ear, according to figures released ...

Rockford’s unemployment rate saw one of the largest decreases in the state of Illinois, dropping from 5.9% in 2023 to 4.9% in 2024. According to the Illinois ...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Friday that the state’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point — to 5.2% — in December. The state’s unemployment rate was 1.1% ...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that nonfarm payrolls increased +8,800 while the unemployment rate fell – 0.1 percentage point to 5.2 percent in December. The ...