Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is among the governors of 7 states taking executive action to evaluate how the Trump administration’s tariff policies will affect the ...

Governor JB Pritzker signed Executive Order 2025-03, directing state agencies to evaluate the scale and impact of how Trump’s ...

Illinois Democrats pass budget in final minutes with sports betting tax hike Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass ...

Here's a look at how weekly unemployment claims changed in Illinois last week compared with the week prior.

ROCKFORD -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has been awarded an $11.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to support continued modernization, fraud defense ...

An audit released Thursday stated that IDES failed to maintain accurate and complete data of claimants in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance system.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Monday that the agency is removing debit cards as an unemployment insurance benefit payment method. The change comes ...

(The Center Square) – As cases of fraud continue to plague Illinois’ unemployment benefit system, a technology official said the state needs to overhaul the program immediately.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported 21,499 new unemployment claims were filed during the week of August 2 in Illinois, an 7% increase from the previous ...

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 ...