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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

Illinois surpasses 1 million new unemployment claims

More than 1 in 5 Illinoisans are out of a job following two months of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order

COVID-19 fallout: Illinois is losing more than $183 million per day

Illinois’ economy on pace to shrink by 7.4% this year as the state approaches 1 million jobless claims

Typical Illinois family could pay between $286 and $1,056 more under progressive income tax to offset COVID-19 revenue losses

New analysis shows Illinois income tax collections could fall by as much as $6.6 billion this year

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