Under a cloud of controversy and accusations, the head of the state's employment security office is stepping down.Wednesday, the Executive Council accepted Tara Reardon's resignation after an ...

A promising jobs report shows a major comeback – and one standout is that unemployment numbers in Illinois are down to where they were pre-pandemic. When someone reports they did not receive their ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The troubled Illinois Department of Employment Security has launched a new website they say will make things more user-friendly. We took a scroll through the site, where you can do ...

While Illinois and the Chicago area have staged a fairly strong jobs revival from the pandemic collapse, the full employment picture is much more nuanced. In 2020, Chicago had 4.3% fewer jobs than in ...