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Governor Pritzker Signs Historic Unemployment Insurance Agreement

Silence DoGood - December 9, 2022

This is the third significant contribution to the outstanding loan balance, which increased significantly after the fund was forced to borrow $4.5 billion in federal funds to provide relief to workers unemployed due to COVID-19. #unemployment

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Statewide Unemployment Rate Drops 0.1%

Silence DoGood - August 17, 2022

Statewide Unemployment Rate Drops 0.1% (Chicago IL) — The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage...

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