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Chroma K8 Salon owner Kate Jotzat poses for a photograph at her salon on March 26, 2020, in Chicago. Jotzat had to close her business on March 14 because of COVID-19, or coronavirus, and hopes to receive low-interest loans to prevent permanent closure.

Illinois small businesses scramble for grants, loans to endure coronavirus. ‘We’re pursuing everything because we need it.’

March 27, 2020 at 12:04 p.m.

Like many boutique hotel owners in Chicago, Bedderman Lodging is in crisis mode. The Chicago-based company has shuttered the 21-room Wheelhouse Hotel near Wrigley Field and the 52-room FieldHouse Jones...

Workers assemble some packaging inserts designed by Ron Palacz, 91, on Feb. 26, 2020, at Armour Packaging Technology in Itasca.

Like most of us, this packaging designer is staying home for now. But the 91-year-old hopes to be back on the job soon, working ‘as long as I can draw a straight line.’

March 27, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

Like most workers at Armour Packaging Technology in Itasca, Ron Palacz is at work by 9 a.m. When he arrives, Palacz turns on the radio to the classical jazz station...

Consumidores someten cientos de quejas por aumentos de precios por coronavirus en Illinois

March 25, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

CHICAGO — Los consumidores de Illinois han presentado más de 700 quejas por aumento de precios, acusando a las tiendas de aumentar los precios de artículos durante la oleada de...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

How much did you pay for hand sanitizer? Illinois consumers file 700 coronavirus price gouging complaints.

March 24, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Illinois consumers have filed more than 700 price gouging complaints accusing stores of raising prices on household goods during the rush to stock up because of the new coronavirus. The...

Shoppers wait in line at Costco in Lincoln Park as they stock up on supplies over concerns about the coronavirus on March 13, 2020.

Coronavirus concerns have closed thousands of stores nationwide. Here are some still open in the Chicago area.

March 20, 2020 at 7:40 p.m.

U.S. retailers from Apple to Urban Outfitters are closing thousands of stores across the country in an attempt to slow the new coronavirus' spread. But far more stores have closed...

Dawn Rice restocks shelves at Mariano's in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood on March 19, 2020.

Ordered to stay home to halt COVID-19’s spread, Chicagoans already were preparing to hunker down

March 20, 2020 at 6:49 p.m.

By the time Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an order requiring Illinois residents to "stay at home" in an attempt to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, shoppers stocking up before...

John Kilgallon restocks shelves in the produce department at Mariano's in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood amid the coronavirus pandemic on March 19, 2020.

Grocers, delivery services scramble to hire thousands of workers to help with a crush of business driven by the coronavirus

March 20, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

As the Chicago area came to a standstill in an effort to contain the new coronavirus, many of David Falato's employees chose to stay home. Falato co-owns five Jet's Pizza...

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