Illinois Unemployment Rate

An average of 15,000 Illinois inhabitants can lose unemployment benefits per week commencing in May if Congress does not extend federal government benefits for anyone needing work in excess of six months, a state official claims.

About 270,000 Hoosiers are presently receiving unemployment benefits, said Marc Lotter, communications director to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
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Benefits fall under one of six stages. The first is state lack of employment, and that is constantly accessible; the 5 additional levels include federally funded extensions. Each and every stage supplies a new number of weeks of benefits, with all of six jointly amassing as much as 99 weeks, Lotter said.