Missing Stimulus Money: 'I Don't Know Whose Account Number It Is'
The IRS boasts that 80 million stimulus payments have already been made . What the agency can't say is how many people are having problems getting their hands on that promised relief.
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The IRS boasts that 80 million stimulus payments have already been made . What the agency can't say is how many people are having problems getting their hands on that promised relief.
"The business community is hurting. We know the need is great."
Struggling small businesses in Chicago are banking on government loans to keep them afloat during the coronavirus shutdown. But one major federal resource – the Paycheck Protection Program – is now out of funds, and Congress is debating how to re-fund it.
For weeks, we've heard the money coming for unemployment benefits in Illinois and will be there. But that is little consolation to the tens of thousands of jobless in Illinois who still can't file.
In less than two weeks, every penny of the Paycheck Protection Program's $349 billion dollars has been spoken for. Business owners have detailed to CBS 2 how complicated and ever changing the application process was.
The number of people out of work continues to climb amid the coronavirus crisis, and the new numbers issued Thursday reflect that.
Millions of Americans are waiting for relief in the form of a stimulus payment.
With unemployment numbers at an all-time high, the federal government is helping some states process claims faster.
Jobless claims are expected to soar again Thursday, delivering another blow to an already overwhelmed lifeline. People are still struggling to get onto the state's unemployment website.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov on Tuesday uncovered the reason why one woman is not getting any unemployment money, and on Wednesday, others reached out.
Prosecutors said 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman used his phone to record video of the crime early Saturday morning.
Both women were grabbed by a man a day apart along the riverwalk on the city's Near North Side, according to Chicago police.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office released Chicago Public School teacher Linda Brown's cause of death after an autopsy Tuesday.
Lead-based paint was banned for serious health reasons in 1978, but most homes built before then remain covered in it.
A man has been charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence in a crash that killed two people outside Chicago Police Headquarters in 2024.
CBS Skywatch was over the scene of the crash involving a black sedan and a white SUV on Tuesday afternoon.
In an exclusive interview on Tuesday, Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke about the steps the city is taking to help riders feel safe on the CTA.
Ramova Theater in Bridgeport is setting up for a Bears vs. Rams watch party for thousands of fans Sunday.
The Temporary Protected Status will end on March 17,