Fund A Success In Helping African-American-Owned Businesses Hit Hard By COVID-19, Unrest
Tens of thousands of dollars are on the way to struggling African-American businesses plagued by unrest and COVID-19.
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Tens of thousands of dollars are on the way to struggling African-American businesses plagued by unrest and COVID-19.
"It was shocking to me to be treated this way."
An IDES spokesperson said there are some things they do to try to stop it, including cross matching claimant information against wage records reported by employers, using new hire reports and tax returns.
The measure would allow the city's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection to issue permits to any business that meets the requirements, without first needing City Council approval.
Strong thunderstorm chances stay over Wisconsin as a disturbance passes to our north.
As of Thursday afternoon, Illinois has seen 130,603 confirmed coronavirus cases in 101 counties since the start of the pandemic, including 6,185 deaths.
At an unrelated press conference Thursday afternoon, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the video "incredibly disturbing."
Residents in Edgewater on Chicago's North Side are reaching out to people and businesses who need a hand in North Lawndale on the West Side.
Over the past week, the average number of daily cases of COVID-19 across three counties in Northwest Indiana are near the lowest levels since the start of the pandemic.
There were 1,542,000 new claims filed across the country last week.
O'Donnell said the best part of his job was when someone he rescued came back to say thanks. He was born and raised in Chicago, and said being a firefighter is the best job in the world.
A lawyer maintains the Indiana attorney general's office is trying to stymie a court fight on whether Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill can be ousted from office while his law license remains suspended until next week for groping four women during a party.
Indianapolis police on Wednesday identified the officer who shot Reed as four-year veteran Dejoure Mercer.
"It will just be incredibly important to us to make sure we're protesting now and voting later," said Carolyn DeWitt, executive director of Rock the Vote.
Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital performed a double lung transplant on a patient whose lungs were damaged by COVID-19.
