Illinois lawmakers show plan to pay remaining unemployment debt
The plan would be the last step in paying ofthe state's $4.5 billion in debt to the federal government incurred by the state's unemployment fund during the pandemic.
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The plan would be the last step in paying ofthe state's $4.5 billion in debt to the federal government incurred by the state's unemployment fund during the pandemic.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois business and labor groups have agreed on a plan to erase a $1.8 billion debt, generated by the wrenching COVID-19 pandemic, in the account that covers unemployment benefits, state officials said Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Lawmakers on Tuesday announced a bipartisan plan to use state reve...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a bipartisan agreement to plug a nearly $1.4 billion hole in the state’s pandemic-depleted unemployment insurance trust fund.
Business and labor groups have agreed on a plan to erase a $1.8 billion debt in the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that a...