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State paid at least $5.2 billion in fraudulent or excessive unemployment claims during pandemic,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoThe state agency that distributes unemployment benefits paid out more than $5 billion in fraudulent...
COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid benefits in Illinois – including fraud
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSPRINGFIELD – Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first...
Illinois paid out nearly $2 billion in federal funds for fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFraudsters stole more than half the money paid out by the state from a special pandemic unemployment fund, pilfering nearly $2 billion in federal money that was supposed to help out-of-work ...
Auditor general reports about $2 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed...
Rockford-area restaurants wait for help with unemployment insurance increases
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhile most Rockford-area residents have put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them, some restaurant...
Springfield, Sangamon County unemployment rates down, worker pay increases
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMore people are working in the Sangamon County and Springfield area than before the pandemic began,...
Statewide unemployment rate decreases from June 2021
Commercial-News, Danville, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 29—SPRINGFIELD — The unemployment rate decreased in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in June according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS ...
Jim Dey: Audit reveals unmitigated IDES disaster during pandemic
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 31—Officials at the Illinois Department of Employment Security made a mess of handing out unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic. How big a mess they made wasn't clear until ...
Program that helps people in need is losing funding
Effingham Daily News, Ill. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 8—EFFINGHAM — When Janet Pattillo needed to help an elderly friend, she didn't know where to turn. The friend lived in a house in Altamont with no heat and minimal running water. Pattillo ...
