According to IDES, the unemployment rate fell -0.1% to ... That state’s unemployment rate was also up 0.5% from a year ago when it was 4.7%. IL State Board of Education asks districts to prepare ...

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that nonfarm payrolls were almost unchanged ...

To qualify for unemployment insurance in Illinois, you must be involuntarily out of work entirely or working less than full time because it's not available. You also must have earned at least $1,600 ...