SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A year after the pandemic, there's a new problem in Illinois' embattled unemployment system: extended benefits. Some people are having trouble getting renewed. With no work prospects ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced that the unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 4.8 percent in February, based on ...

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 ...

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, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Employment Security released employment statistics from December, noting an uptick in payroll jobs and a slight increase in unemployment. In a ...