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.
The Chicago River Swim launched last year, making it the first organized open-water swim in the Chicago River in 98 years.
Heavy rain and storms are prompting flooding concerns in the Chicago area.
The confrontation between protesters and the agents was caught on video, showing one of the agents using what appeared to be pepper spray.
Chicago police say three unknown suspects were traveling in a dark-colored Jeep sport utility vehicle and damaged 28 vehicles outside a parking lot.
The museum says the goal is to preserve the lives, experiences, and histories that live within those objects as part of a broader historical record.
An off duty Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer was among 3 men injured in a shooting in River North.
The defense said Katlar Parchman, 19, is a nursing assistant, goes to church, does community service, but was not the person who caused Kyle Bickham's death.
Ed Sheeran opened his solo concert in Philadelphia on Saturday with comments about Gaza, saying what is happening there is "catastrophic and unjustifiable."
Riot Fest leaders told CBS News Chicago that Saturday's adjusted schedule was prompted by city officials.