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Owner Thomas Brickler inside his store, Dec. 3, 2020, at Neon Shop Fishtail in Bucktown.

There are more than 221,000 PPP stories in Illinois. Some small businesses got millions. One got $73.

December 4, 2020 at 11:21 p.m.

The Paycheck Protection Program was designed to be a bridge from pandemic panic to business as usual for the stores and offices lining America's Main Streets. Despite the Small Business...

A COVID-19 patient rests in bed Dec. 1, 2020, in the intensive care unit of Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago.

People wary of COVID-19 are avoiding the ER, and that has doctors worried. Here’s how Chicago-area hospitals keep patients safe.

December 3, 2020 at 2:10 a.m.

Chicago-area hospitals continue to see a decline in emergency room visits as people delay medical care out of concerns of contracting the coronavirus, and that has doctors worried. ER visits...

Shoppers arrive for Black Friday holiday deals at Best Buy near Ford City Mall in Chicago on Nov. 27, 2020.

Black Friday online sales could top $9 billion as shoppers in Chicago area and elsewhere stay home to buy gifts amid pandemic

November 27, 2020 at 10:24 p.m.

Albert Edillor, 39, of Skokie, remembers years when lines for Black Friday deals stretched around store parking lots. Instead, there were a few dozen shoppers waiting outside a Walmart in...

Vehicles wait in line for drive-up coronavirus testing at a Walmart site in Joliet on March 23, 2020.

Walmart shifts 6 drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites in Chicago area to curbside pickup as winter approaches

November 24, 2020 at 9:39 p.m.

Walmart is changing six Chicago-area drive-thru coronavirus testing sites to curbside pickup in time for colder weather. Patients have been self-administering the nasal swab tests inside their vehicle with the...

A victim of a fraudulent unemployment claim, Mark Goldman, President of Micro Tech Systems at his office on Nov. 17, 2020 in Northbrook.

More than 212,000 fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits filed in Illinois, sparking concerns about identity theft

November 24, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Micro Tech Systems, which employs just a handful of workers, hasn't laid off anyone since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. So Mark Goldman, owner of the Northbrook-based computer repair...

The Crawford Coal Plant in Little Village after the chimney demolition, May 14, 2020.

Illinois AG secures $370K for community health in Little Village after smokestack demolition, but some say it’s not enough

November 20, 2020 at 10:26 p.m.

After a demolition at a former coal-fired power plant caused a thick cloud of dust to blanket the Little Village neighborhood in April, the site's developer and its contractors have...

A Citibank sign is shown, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Citi Foundation gives $15 million in PPP proceeds to 30 lenders serving lower-income communities, including two in Chicago

November 19, 2020 at 10:10 p.m.

Citigroup's philanthropic arm is giving two Chicago-based lenders serving low-income communities $500,000 each from proceeds the bank collected through the federal Paycheck Protection Program. The funds are part of a...

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