As Many Still Struggle To File For Unemployment Amid COVID-19 Crisis, CBS 2 Takes Questions To State Of Illinois
CBS 2 continues to track issues with the state's unemployment system, which is still overwhelmed by requests amid the coronavirus crash.
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CBS 2 continues to track issues with the state's unemployment system, which is still overwhelmed by requests amid the coronavirus crash.
North suburban medical equipment sterilization company Medline is transitioning its operations to sterilize N95 masks and send them out to medical providers.
The hunger to help those on the front lines of fighting COVID-19 grows every day.
Billions of dollars in small business loans have already been dished out, just three days after the federal government launched its Paycheck Protection Program.
Even as hospitals scrounge for professionals from the industry to treat the burgeoning numbers of people with COVID-19, others are on the sidelines as elective procedures, diagnostics and appointments are canceled or postponed.
The leaders of Mega Millions, the other national lottery game, haven't said if they will make similar changes to that game. Both games are run by state lotteries.
Millions of small businesses are expected to apply for these desperately needed rescue loans from the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, which was put in place to help them retain workers and pay bills during the coronavirus pandemic.
In a memo to employees, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said the company is offering voluntary layoff packages that will provide exiting employees with pay and benefits.
With a glitching system and calls that are never answered getting in the way for those trying to file for unemployment in Illinois, one woman said she has been stuck waiting not for days, but for weeks.
The Old Town Art Fair is canceled this year due to the coronavirus crisis.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov on Thursday examined the growing frustration from some people trying to get help amid surging unemployment.
Just last month, the U.S. Department of Labor warned that Illinois was one of a handful of states that would not be able to handle a surge of unemployment claims on its own.
The wait for assistance could come as early as Friday, or perhaps a few weeks away.
In Chicago, a yoga studio that believed it qualified as an essential health and wellness service was closed after the city — tipped off by several residents — disagreed.
A slowdown in travel due to COVID-19 sent an online travel booking company based in Florida out of business – without refunding customers.
