The nation's 59 million self-employed workers got a lifeline last year when lawmakers created the first-ever program that extended jobless benefits to this growing group of workers. But that program, ...

The federal trial for seven individuals accused of defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is now more likely ...

With more than 1 million pages of documents and several terabytes of data still needed to be fully reviewed, and some are ...

As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21 release of a report on improper ...

Attorney Tom Fisher, counsel for Lt. Gov. Josh Tenorio’s partner Matthew Topasna, is suggesting a trial in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud case “after the 2026 gubernatorial primary and gen ...

An audit released on June 16 of the Illinois Department of Employment Security found that half of federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits the agency paid out during the height of the ...

The trial for seven individuals accused of defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is more likely to occur in ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It took more than a month-and-a-half to get Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program benefit payments into the pockets of Illinoisans who desperately needed the money, making the ...

CINCINNATI — Four people are facing charges, including a former Ohio Department of Job & Family Services employee, for allegedly defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Economic support has finally arrived in California for the millions of self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers in California, many of whom have lost work or wages in ...

A state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed Illinoisans during the pandemic was lost to fraudulent claims in Illinois. The Illinois Department ...