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State continued unemployment claims remain over 700,000

by Weekly Editor
June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The U.S. Department of Labor released statistics Thursday showing 705,878 Illinoisans received unemployment insurance for the week ending June 20.

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Federal lawsuit: Business firm responsible for unemployment data breach

by Weekly Editor
June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

SPRINGFIELD — The firm contracted to launch an unemployment claims portal is solely responsible for a data breach that made available almost 33,000 Illinoisans’ personal information, a St. Clair County resident has alleged in a federal lawsuit.

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Another 102K Illinoisans file first-time jobless claims amid COVID-19 pandemic

by Weekly Editor
April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that 4.4 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims during the week that ended April 18, including 102,936 workers in Illinois.

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Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims

by Weekly Editor
April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak first hit the labor market.

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