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Black, Hispanic workers saw far weaker employment rebound despite suffering heaviest job losses

Illinois has only recovered 2% of jobs lost by black workers and 1% of jobs lost by Hispanic workers while white workers saw 13% of jobs return

Illinois mortgage delinquency rate could double this year

Up to 130,000 Illinois homeowners could fall behind on mortgage payments following economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

Illinois experiencing 5 times the typical job loss since COVID-19 hit the state’s economy

Illinois saw the nation’s 8th highest raw unemployment claims for the past four weeks.

Women, minorities nearly twice as likely to lose employment from the COVID-19 pandemic

More than 1 in 5 black and Hispanic women in Illinois lost their jobs during the first month of the statewide stay-at-home order.

Illinois’ real-time unemployment rate is second highest among border states

Nearly 1 in 4 Illinoisans now find themselves out of work.

Illinois’ April jobs loss is the largest in state history

Illinois shed 762,200 jobs in April, 12.5 times greater than worst month on record.

Illinois’ new unemployment system exposes private info of nearly half of applicants as gig workers seek help

Illinois Policy Institute data show how widespread IDES breach was as nearly 73,000 Illinoisans filed unemployment claims last week

Lawmakers announce resolution to remove progressive income tax from November ballot

A progressive income tax in Illinois would raise rates on more than 100,000 small businesses already hit by the COVID-19 pandemic

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