CALUMET CITY, Ill. (WLS) -- A Calumet City woman who recently lost her job says she can't file for unemployment because a stranger has already filed in her name. Cara Johnson said she's spent the last ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — New data shows the unemployment rate in the State of Illinois dropped slightly last month, even as the number of payroll jobs also fell. The Illinois Department of ...

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Illinois unemployment has fallen, and nonfarm payrolls totals reached a record high in June, officials announced on Thursday. The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The acting director of the Illinois' Department of Employment Security answered questions about widespread complaints of delayed benefits, agonizing wait times and fraud. IDES was ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security says there's good news in Illinois' latest unemployment figures. For September, the unemployment rates are down in all of Illinois' metro ...

Illinois' unemployment rate rose to 10.3% in June, the highest rate since 1983. It's up from 10.1% in May. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the pace of job loss across the state has ...