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Posts tagged Coronavirus Relief
Minority businesses left waiting for COVID relief
Paycheck Protection Program prioritized big firms in well-to-do areas, AP study finds
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Trump fiddles as idled workers fume
Delay to COVID relief bill threatens unemployed workers with lost week in benefits as new claims continue to rise
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Ill. leads U.S. with 100K COVID vaccinations
Pritzker praises process on Pfizer shot, awaits reinforcements from Moderna vaccine
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19 Toll, Illinois Coronavirus, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine, Moderna, Moderna Vaccine, SSM Health Illinois, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CCAP, Child Care Assistance Program, Grace Hou, Illinois Department of Human Services, Maricela Garcia, Gads Hill Center
Congress passes $900B COVID relief package
Stimulus checks, unemployment aid halved; no relief for cities, states, restaurants
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Joe Biden, Congressional Budget Office, Paycheck Protection Program, Robert Reich, Rich Miller, Capitol Fax, Grover Norquist, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Independent Restaurant Coalition
New jobless claims rise again
As retail sales fall, how long will Congress continue to hold out on COVID relief?
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, COVID Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Unemployment, Bernie Sanders, Dick Durbin, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Lightfoot: COVID compromise 'unacceptable'
Chicago mayor blasts ‘heartless’ McConnell in pursuit of relief for cities, states
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Lori Lightfoot, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, J.B. Pritzker, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Paycheck Protection Program
Governor gets out the knife
Pritzker plots $700M in executive cuts, blames GOP for lost tax revenue, seeks federal COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID Unemployment, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Bruce Rauner, AFSCME Council 31, Roberta Lynch, Dick Durbin
It's no time to go low
Sen. Durbin holds out hope for aid to state and local gov’ts, but compromise relief bill is just a stopgap
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Heroes Act, CARES Act, Federal Reserve, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rand Paul
New unemployment claims spike
Additional COVID relief necessary, especially with expanded benefits set to expire by end of year
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Ted CoxU.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, U.S. Unemployment Rate, Illinois Unemployment, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus Relief, J.B. Pritzker, Daniel Zhao, Glassdoor
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief
Coalition of workforce, community groups seeks cash stimulus, unemployment extension, expansion of food stamps
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities, Economic Security for Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Women Employed, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, CARES Act, Heroes Act, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Illinois Working Families, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Is Restaurants Act on menu for COVID relief?
‘It’s a bloodbath, and it’s getting worse’ as restaurants, bars across country face a dreadful winter in pandemic
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Ted CoxRestaurants Act, Rick Bayless, Casey Cora, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Heroes Act, Paycheck Protection Program, Earl Blumenauer, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Mike Quigley, National Restaurant Association, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Chicago Independent Venues League, CIVL, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Unemployment, Eugene Scalia
Coronavirus first, then economic survival
Let public health officials dictate COVID restrictions, but Congress must address economic fallout now
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Donald Trump, Dick Durbin, Mitch McConnell, Andrew Yang, J.B. Pritzker, Rick Bayless, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Restaurants Act, Casey Cora, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Mike Quigley, Economic Policy Institute
Pritzker seeks COVID relief for restaurants, bars
Durbin cheers progress on Senate floor, but rails against corporate-immunity provision
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Dick Durbin, Restaurants Act, Rick Bayless, Independent Restaurant Coalition, Mitch McConnell, Tammy Duckworth
COVID relief is not a shell game
It’s absurd to use stimulus funding to simply pay off debts, for states as well as individual taxpayers
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Federal Reserve, J.B. Pritzker, Municipal Liquidity Facility, Susana Mendoza, Joe Biden, Illinois Policy Institute, Rebuild Illinois, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, Steve Mnuchin, Rural Broadband
COVID economic collapse felt across state
Illinois leads national increase in newly filed claims for unemployment
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Unemployment, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, U.S. Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, U.S. Department of Labor, IDES, J.B. Pritzker, Dan Hynes, CARES Act
Poverty, hunger on the rise
Study blames end of $1,200 stimulus payments, extra $600 for unemployment in COVID relief
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, U.S. Census Bureau, Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago, James Sullivan, University of Notre Dame, Jeehoon Han, Zhejiang University, CARES Act, Heroes Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, Pandemic Unemployment, Joe Biden, Jeremy Everett, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Halt the panic to slow the pandemic
Small businesses and workers need economic security first to make rational decisions about COVID-19
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Brad Halbrook
Biden calls for HEROES Act
Major, comprehensive COVID relief package endorsed by president-elect
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Ted CoxJoe Biden, Donald Trump, Heroes Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kamala Harris, Mitch McConnell
Don't blame the gatekeepers
As COVID surges anew, small businesses deserve — and public health requires — the same sort of bailout already secured by big business
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Rep. Mah: Springfield partisan divide exaggerated, but not on taxes
Fair Tax failure could lead to tax hike combined with new exemptions
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Ted CoxTheresa Mah, Illinois Political Divide, Urban vs. Rural, Fair Tax Amendment, Illinois House Progressive Caucus, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, Southern Illinois University, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, COVID-19 Relief, Coronavirus Relief, Earned Income Tax Credit, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community, Tammy Duckworth, Pat Quinn, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Illinois Farm Bureau, Adopt-a-Legislator
