Another defendant in the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud ring case is asking for the trial to be pushed back later ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prosecutors charged former Georgia lawmaker Karen Bennett for allegedly receiving pandemic benefits she wasn't qualified for.