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A man copies down information in front of an Illinois Department of Employment Security office April 30, 2020, in Chicago.

FBI, IRS, state agencies launch task force as unemployment fraud soars. Here’s what to do if you get an odd letter.

January 9, 2021 at 2:00 a.m.

As reports of unemployment insurance fraud continue to rise, Illinois has partnered with the FBI to create a task force aimed at curbing the issue. Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced...

Information papers are displayed April 9, 2020, at an Illinois Department of Employment Security) WorkNet center in Arlington Heights. IDES said Jan. 5, 2021, that it has begun paying out the extra $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits authorized under the latest pandemic relief law.

Illinois begins paying out extra $300 per week in federal unemployment aid

January 6, 2021 at 8:24 p.m.

Illinois has begun paying out the extra $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits contained in the latest pandemic relief legislation. The federal supplement runs for 11 weeks, through March 13....

A woman checks information signs displayed at IDES (Illinois Department of Employment Security) WorkNet center in Arlington Heights on Nov. 5, 2020.

Illinois is reinstating federal jobless aid programs as part of a $900B pandemic relief package. Here’s what to know.

December 30, 2020 at 9:25 p.m.

Illinois is working on restoring unemployment benefits to nearly 450,000 people whose benefits expired temporarily after President Donald Trump delayed signing a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. Roughly 447,500 Illinoisans...

Supplies given out on an American Airlines flight to Denver International Airport. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Thanksgiving travelers head to their flights in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport on Nov. 25, 2020.

United Airlines will require negative COVID-19 test for passengers flying from UK to O’Hare, other airports

December 24, 2020 at 9:28 p.m.

United Airlines on Monday will begin asking passengers traveling from London to Chicago and other cities for proof of a negative COVID-19 test before departure in an effort to stop...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Here’s when Walgreens and CVS predict you’ll be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a drugstore

January 4, 2021 at 11:19 p.m.

With health care workers the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and residents and staff of long-term care facilities next, Americans are asking when it will be their turn to...

Abbott’s rapid COVID-19 test receives FDA approval for at-home use

December 16, 2020 at 10:22 p.m.

Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it received federal emergency use authorization for its in-home rapid COVID-19 test, with results available in 15 minutes. The north suburban-based medical device company is the...

Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., speaking, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers hold a news conference on virus relief on Dec. 2, 2020, in Washington. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J, is at right. Reed and Gottheimer are co-chairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.

Stimulus update: Federal pandemic relief set to expire, but there’s still COVID-19 aid available in Illinois. Here’s how to get help.

December 14, 2020 at 8:23 p.m.

As Congress negotiates a fresh round of coronavirus relief, the clock is ticking on several forms of federal aid, but there is still help available in Illinois. The $2.2 trillion...

Ross Hunt prepares to mix a cinnamon grapefruit paloma during a virtual mixology cocktail class on Dec. 11, 2020.

Zoom scavenger hunts, Champagne deliveries: With office parties canceled, Chicago companies get creative

December 14, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Kelly Cain normally goes all out for her staff of about 20 at the holidays, renting a suite at United Center for Chicago Blackhawks games or organizing a group trip...

Customers wear a mask as they check out information signs that a COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available at Walgreens in Northbrook, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Walgreens to hire 25,000 as part of plan to start giving COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and staff before Christmas

December 11, 2020 at 11:06 p.m.

Walgreens expects to receive its first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 21 and plans to inoculate nursing home residents and workers at more than 30,000 longterm care facilities nationwide....

A Gruv scooter is parked on North Bosworth Avenue in the Noble Square neighborhood of Chicago on June 15, 2019.

Ridership for Chicago’s scooter pilot fell 20%, about 181,000 fewer trips than last year. Now city is asking riders for input.

December 11, 2020 at 9:34 p.m.

With the four-month electric scooter pilot in Chicago drawing to an end Saturday, initial data released by the city shows ridership decreased more than 20% from last year as the...

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