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.
A Chicago DJ from Colombia and his partner are in ICE custody, federal immigration officials confirmed.
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A Chicago woman was stunned when car thieves were able to steal her vehicle by replicating their key fob's signal while it was still inside her home.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
More than 85,000 rubber ducks will race down the Chicago River on Thursday morning in support of Special Olympics.
Chicago police on Thursday were investigating a break-in at a bar in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
A candy store in Chicago's West Ridge community was burglarized early Thursday morning.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions during testimony before the committee last week.
Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a controversial type of research.