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In this 2012 photo, workers finish the trim on the new State Farm sign on the northeast side of the insurance company's corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Ill. The company said Monday it would cut auto insurance rates by $2.2 billion as drivers continue to stay off the roads during the pandemic.

State Farm cuts auto rates by $2.2 billion as Americans continue to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 19, 2020 at 3:42 p.m.

State Farm announced Monday it will cut its auto insurance rates by $2.2 billion as Americans continue to drive less as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Bloomington-based firm...

The new University of Chicago Medicine Adult Emergency Department is unveiled Tuesday Dec. 5, 2017. The emergency room will open on Dec. 29th and the level one trauma center will open in May. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

University of Chicago Medicine receives $10M gift for research in cancer treatment

May 19, 2020 at 7:48 a.m.

University of Chicago Medicine announced Monday it received a $10 million gift from a Chicago-area investor to fund research for cellular therapy used to fight certain types of cancer. David...

George Wendt, left, and Robert Smigel are interviewed Aug. 19, 2019, in Chicago while in costume to reprise an old "Saturday Night Live" sketch in which they play Bears fans. They are scheduled to participate in a COVID-19 telethon May 16, 2020.

‘Sweet Home Chicago’ telethon, sponsored by area CEOs, to support COVID-19 relief efforts Saturday

May 15, 2020 at 9:11 a.m.

Business leaders from Chicago's financial, development and entertainment industries are banding together to raise funds for the Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, along with other local charities and coronavirus relief...

U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, D-Ill., seen Jan. 14, 2019, is among lawmakers spotlighting how U.S. citizens married to immigrants are being denied coronavirus relief payments. On May 12, 2020, he urged Congress to "rectify these inequities."

Thousands of Illinois families with mixed immigration status have been denied stimulus checks. Lawsuits and lawmakers push to change ‘these inequities.’

May 12, 2020 at 3:18 p.m.

Illinois lawmakers are urging Congress to strike language in the federal relief package that denies financial assistance to U.S. citizens wed to spouses who don't have Social Security numbers. U.S....

Keeping a safe distance, Little Village residents wait in line outside El Milagro on 26th St., to buy tortillas Saturday morning, hours before IL. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's order to shelter in place, March 21, 2020. Abel Uribe/baiduhai

Tortillería El Milagro se mantendrá cerrada hasta nuevo aviso

May 12, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

La tortillería El Milagro que cerró sus puertas durante dos semanas para realizar una limpieza profunda después de la muerte de un empleado por COVID-19, permanecerá cerrada por un tiempo...

People wait in line (and practice "social distancing") March 20, 2020, outside Tortilleria El Milagro on 26th Street in Chicago. The company shut down its Western Avenue factory in April over COVID-19 concerns, but is extending the closure, citing a construction project.

El Milagro delays reopening tortilla plant

May 12, 2020 at 7:50 a.m.

An El Milagro tortilla factory that closed for two weeks of deep cleaning after an employee died from COVID-19 will remain shuttered for an undetermined amount of time to complete...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in 2012.

Lurie Children’s Hospital hit with lawsuit over patient data breaches

May 11, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

An Illinois mother and her 4-year-old child have filed suit against Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and two unnamed employees, alleging the hospital failed to keep...

A man wearing a face covering walks past Mario's Place Barber Shop on May 6, 2020, in Chicago.

Shampoo, a trim, a temperature check: What getting your hair cut will be like when barbershops and salons reopen

May 8, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

Saturdays were a time of camaraderie at Mario's Place Barber Shop in Chicago's Sheffield Neighbors neighborhood before the COVID-19 health crisis temporarily closed the establishment. Owner Mario Scarlata, 61, looked...

Photographer Clifton Henri prepares his artwork for shipment at his studio in Chicago on April 28, 2020. He sells photographs at art festivals, but several scheduled for May and June have been canceled. He organized a flash sale of his work online.

As coronavirus cancels summer art festivals, ‘the business model for artists imploded’

May 1, 2020 at 4:14 p.m.

The colorful T-shirts Kathy Kelly designs, each of which bears a comical black cat, have become a popular item at the Midwest art festivals where she sets up shop. But...

Aurora Monroy has been forced to take the Capelli Academy of Cosmetology online, but she is making plans for when she can reopen.

Cosmetology school now teaching its 120 students online. ‘All my students tell me it’s not the same.’

May 27, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

It's not easy learning cosmetology online, but that's just what the 120 students in Aurora Monroy's school are doing. Monroy is the director and owner of Capelli Academy of Cosmetology,...

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