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CHICAGO (CBS) — CBS 2 is Working for Chicago during these tough times.
Helping to answer your questions about unemployment.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has more on the daily struggle many people face after losing their jobs. There are lots of complaints about the unemployment insurance claim hotline.
And for the workers who were able to successfully get a check, they’re having to prioritize which bills they can actually pay.
Movie theaters screens quickly faded to black at the start of the pandemic. That meant Ashley Jenkins’ job managing the CMX Cinema in Wheeling was gone too.
Despite dozens of calls to the Illinois Department of Employment Security hotline.
