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Verizon, LISC Offering $10,000 Grants To Help Small Businesses Survive Coronavirus Shutdown

Entrepreneurs of color and woman are encouraged to apply. The first round of applications are due before midnight on Saturday, April 4.

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Crime Slightly Down In Chicago During Coronavirus Pandemic, But Shootings And Murders Up Year-To-Date

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Undocumented And Out Of Work Because Of Coronavirus? Apply For Help From New Fund

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Man Killed In Pilsen Shooting Thursday Evening, Police Say

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Coronavirus In Chicago: McCormick Place ‘Field Hospital’ Built In Just 5 Days

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200 Detainees And Cook County Jail Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus

By Pascal Sabino Pilsen, Little Village, West Loop Primary category in which blog post is published

Man Wounded In Little Village Shooting By 2 Men In Black Surgical Masks, Police Say

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With Caravan Of Cars, Immigrant Groups Urge Little Village Neighbors To ‘Be Counted’ By Census

Amid a statewide stay at home order, groups have had to get creative putting street teams to work while being safe.

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Warm, Sunny Spring Weather Could Lead To Total Shutdown Of Parks — Since Some Won’t Follow The Rules

"I'm concerned the weather will only keep getting nicer and we will have more problems and then we will lose access to more of our parks."

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Hospital Housekeeper With Coronavirus Says Not Enough Being Done To Protect Workers: ‘People Are Afraid To Come To Work’

A union is demanding hospitals step up protections and offer hazard pay, access to personal protective equipment and testing for all hospital employees.

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Coronavirus In Chicago: 1,100 Health Care Workers Look To Join Fight Against Coronavirus In Illinois

Health care workers are volunteering to help the state's coronavirus patients as Illinois' expected peak in cases nears.

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CPS Free Meals For Kids To Continue Through Spring Break, But Pickup Sites Consolidated

NEW LIST: Here's where you can get meals for kids before and after April 13.

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Another 42 People Die From Coronavirus In Illinois As Surge In Cases Worsens

There have now been 141 deaths in Illinois from the pandemic and 6,980 confirmed cases. The latter is a jump of 986 cases since Tuesday.

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1 Man Killed, 2 Men Wounded In Pilsen Shooting, Police Say

The men were walking in the 2300 block of West 23rd Street when a car pulled up and two men fired shots, police said.

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Got Any Health Care Experience? The City Wants You To Help Battle Coronavirus — Now

Here's how people with health care experience can volunteer to fight coronavirus in Chicago and across Illinois.

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Aldermen Push To Shutter Metal Scrappers During Coronavirus Pandemic

Officials worry General Iron and Sims Metal Management neighbors are at greater risk because of the respiratory nature of COVID-19.