The Department of Employment Security has spent over $3,000 on membership fees for local chambers of commerce.

The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on employee appreciation.

by Mark Cavers Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Department of Employment Security spent $1,489.20 at the Hilton in Springfield.

The Department of Employment Security reported their spending in a way that told us very little about what the money was actually going towards.

The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on chair cushions over the last two years.