CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois residents say their unemployment accounts have been hijacked and their benefits stolen. They told the ABC7-I-Team that IDES has not responded to their concerns. They said ...

OAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) -- An Oak Lawn man was trying to do the right thing by returning Illinois unemployment money he didn't ask for, but now he fears he's dealing with a big mess. Milton Gardner said ...

Illinois September jobs stable with minor payroll changes; unemployment steady at 4.4%. Key sectors like Trade and Government show mixed shifts, IDES reports.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A worried call came into Peoria police dispatch on a rainy June 29 at 3:45 p.m. It was an officer working security at the local unemployment office. "If we can get an officer," he ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A large number of people in Illinois are coming up on the end of their unemployment benefits. One of those people is a Chicago woman who reached out to us after she said she got some ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Jobs across the state were up according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) this past December. According to IDES, the unemployment rate fell -0.1% to 5 ...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has officially submitted its application to the federal government for additional funds for unemployed workers, but expressed “grave concerns” about how ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL (ILLINOIS CAPITOL BUREAU) -- The Illinois Auditor General has released a two year compliance report for the state's Department of Employment Security. While the audit addresses issues ...

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The Illinois Department of Employment Security is preparing to pay out new unemployment benefit funds authorized by the COVID-19 relief bill signed into law by President Donald Trump over the weekend, ...

Over the past 11 months, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has seen a deluge of 1.8 million new unemployment claims brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. With all of the new claims ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — The Illinois Auditor General has released a two year compliance report for the state's Department of Employment Security. While the audit addresses issues with finances and ...