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Customers at The Herbal Care Center keep their distance as they wait in line March 31, 2020 on Chicago's Near West Side.

Delayed weed dispensary openings, curbside pot pickup: Coronavirus is forcing the state’s marijuana industry to adapt

March 31, 2020 at 3:08 p.m.

Employees at Illinois marijuana dispensaries worked tirelessly during the first weeks of recreational weed sales, attempting to meet insatiable demand for the newly legal product. Three weeks ago, everything changed....

LCR Hallcrest, a manufacturer of forehead thermometer strips, increased its production of strips in response the COVID-19 virus pandemic.

Face masks, thermometers are among the supplies Illinois manufacturers are racing to produce amid coronavirus outbreak

March 27, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

Illinois manufacturers are revamping production to make face masks, thermometers and more as the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic escalates. Companies are heeding a call from Gov. J.B. Pritzker...

The second floor of marijuana company Verano's office in River North on March 26, 2019.

$850 million acquisition of Chicago marijuana company Verano Holdings called off

March 27, 2020 at 10:54 a.m.

An $850 million deal to buy Verano Holdings has been terminated, marking the second high-dollar acquisition of a Chicago marijuana company to fall through in less than a year. Phoenix-based...

The Illinois Department of Employment Security office is seen in Springfield in 2016. In March 2020, the department urged the newly unemployed to file for benefits online.

Claims for jobless benefits skyrocket as coronavirus leaves many out of work. Here’s how to make a claim.

March 27, 2020 at 12:09 p.m.

More than 114,000 Illinoisans applied for unemployment insurance last week, as the number of workers laid off or furloughed amid the coronavirus pandemic continued to mount. Unemployment claims are breaking...

Groupon CEO Rich Williams is out, about a month after Chicago-based deals site reported a fourth-quarter performance that Williams then said "disappointed by nearly every measure."

Groupon CEO is out amid losses at Chicago-based deal site

March 25, 2020 at 4:26 p.m.

Groupon CEO Rich Williams is out. The move comes about a month after the Chicago-based deals site reported a fourth-quarter performance that Williams then said "disappointed by nearly every measure."...

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

Illinois manufacturers are switching gears to make equipment to fight COVID-19. Here’s what they’re doing.

March 24, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

Illinois manufacturers are retooling production lines to make equipment that could help beat back the spread of the new coronavirus, responding to a "critical demand" for masks, ventilators and more,...

64,000 and counting: Illinois unemployment claims skyrocket as coronavirus pandemic causes workplaces to shut down

March 19, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

Tens of thousands of Illinoisans are seeking unemployment benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic, as workplaces of all sizes close. More than 64,000 Illinoisans submitted unemployment claims to the state's Department...

Beth Bond tries to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic while entertaining her daughter Mady, 6, while her husband, Lee Madsen, feeds their 9-month-old daughter James on March 17, 2020, at their apartment in Chicago's River North neighborhood.

As day cares shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19, Chicago-area parents must juggle child care and working from home. ‘It’s a very new groove.’

March 20, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

Bright and early on a recent morning, as River North resident Beth Bond took a conference call with international colleagues, her husband was nearby washing slime out of their daughter's...

BMO Harris Bank closes 43 Chicago-area branches amid coronavirus outbreak

March 18, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

BMO Harris Bank temporarily closed 43 Chicago-area branches Wednesday to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. The bank will also suspended lobby access at 151 Chicago-area branches. Twenty-three...

Employee Peter Semla cleans his hands with sanitizer between customers on March 12, 2020, amid coronavirus precautions at Dispensary 33 in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.

Dispensaries halt recreational weed sales as Illinois allows curbside delivery to medical users

March 18, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

Illinois will allow marijuana dispensaries to take orders from medical patients outside of their shops — at the curb, or in the parking lot — to reduce the spread of...

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