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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Victims of Illinois unemployment fraud could have money the state says they owe taken out of their taxes. Here are the steps victims can take to clear their names. Claire Kramer ...

CHICAGO - According to a recent report from the Illinois Department of Employment Security, analysts say they do not expect Illinois to recover from the 2007-2009 recession until April 2017. IDES ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported 23,317 new unemployment claims were filed during the week of June 14 in Illinois, a 17% decrease from the previous week ...

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 ...

Host Hannah Meisel (NPR Illinois) and guests Sarah Mansur (Freelance Reporter) and John O'Connor (Associated Press) discuss Illinois' credit upgrade, a bill that allows college athletes to profit from ...

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, ...

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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 ...