CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC 7 I-Team investigated overpayments of unemployment benefits involving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). People who are unemployed are being told to come up with amounts ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some unemployed Illinois residents are being told to come up with thousands of dollars to pay back to the state, the ABC7 I-Team found. In one case, a woman who can barely pay her ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --This week marks one year since the bottom fell out of Illinois' job market because of the pandemic. On March 16, 2020, weekly jobless claims jumped from 10,000 to more than 114,000, ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Thousands of jobless Illinoisans are being ordered to pay up for an overpayment mistake by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. As CBS 2's Tara Molina reported Thursday ...

The state agency that distributes unemployment benefits paid out more than $5 billion in fraudulent or excessive claims over two years when the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to cut back their ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said they will provide free credit monitoring to all those who made Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims.