Pritzker eyes federal help to offset costs of historic unemployment – Center Square

May 21, 2020

“The calls need to get answered, the applications need to be taken and they need to process the claims and at the rate they’re doing this right now – at two percent of the calls coming in – they’ll never get their money,” State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, said.

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