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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office has received more than 1,120 complaints of price gouging since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, but has not taken any kind of “enforcement action” against accused retailers.

Attorney general's office finds no evidence of price gouging

Despite investigating more than 1,120 complaints about alleged price gouging throughout the state since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the Illinois attorney general's office has not taken any enforcement action against accused businesses.
FILE — In this March 16, 2020 file photo, chairs hang stacked on empty tables at a closed restaurant in New York.

Hurry up and wait? Why relief to small businesses has lagged

Many Main Street businesses are still waiting for the cash infusion necessary to stay alive. Others say they haven't even been able to apply for loans under what's called the Paycheck Protection Program. Here are some questions and answers about the snags the program faces, and what options owners have.
Warrenville may buy a former gas station that has been vacant since 2016 to spur redevelopment of the land at the corner of Warrenville and Batavia roads.

Warrenville could purchase former gas station site

The city of Warrenville could buy a shuttered gas station at the corner of Warrenville and Batavia roads to clean up the property and spur its redevelopment.
Little Bean Coffee Company owner Angela Burns can’t wait to reopen the doors of her shop on Lake Street in Antioch.

Their Life's Work: Antioch cafe owner says coffee culture saved her

Their Life's Work feature on Angela Burns, owner of Little Bean Coffee Company in Antioch. Angela says she started a job at the coffee shop, which saved her from a season of anxiety and depression. Now she is the owner.
FILE — In this March 13, 2020 file photo, unionized hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits at the Hospitality Training Academy in Los Angeles.
Third week of big U.S. jobless claims sees 6.61 million filings
Americans applied for unemployment benefits in massive numbers for a third straight week, bringing the three-week total to about 16.8 million during the coronavirus pandemic's economic shutdown.
Richard ‘Dick’ Breeden founded and ran Wauconda Orchards.
Wauconda Orchards founder lived his 104 years fully
Dick Breeden, the founder and longtime operator of Wauconda Orchards, a destination for generations of suburban residents, died last week at 104
Zeigler Automotive Group, which recently bought three luxury vehicle dealerships along Golf Road in Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg from Motor Werks, will be using the parking lot of the former Hoffman Lanes bowling alley on Higgins Road for vehicle storage for one year.
Former Hoffman Estates bowling alley's lot to store cars
The suddenly full parking lot at the former Hoffman Lanes in Hoffman Estates is not an indication that the shuttered bowling alley has found new life as an illegal speakeasy amid coronavirus-related restrictions, but merely a vehicle storage site for Zeigler Automotive Group.
Members of the Illinois Air National Guard assemble wheelchairs at McCormick Place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 30.
Auto show to hospital in 2 months: How the Guard is helping transform McCormick Place
McCormick Place overflowed with chrome Feb. 8 on the Chicago Auto Show's opening day. Now the state's McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility is intended to serve up to 3,000 patients who do not need intensive care for the respiratory disease COVID-19.
FILE- In this March 17, 2020 file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House in Washington. Trump has been telling voters that the U.S. economy will leap back to life “like a rocket,” stronger than ever after its bout with the coronavirus. But there is a reason economics is called the “dismal science.” There are emerging signs that any recovery will fail to match the speed and severity of the economic collapse that occurred in just a few weeks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Watch Trump and team's daily briefing on coronavirus, economy
Watch President Donald Trump and his team's daily coronavirus press briefing. He has been telling voters that the U.S. economy will leap back to life "like a rocket" after its bout with the coronavirus. But there are emerging signs that any recovery will fail to match the speed and severity of the economic collapse.
A sign is displayed at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Saturday, March 28, 2020.
How Rush University Medical Center was designed for a pandemic
The butterfly-shaped building, known as "The Tower," opened in January 2012. Built in the shadow of 9/11 and the anthrax attacks, the facility was designed to be able to quickly handle waves of patients, expand its bed capacity to 133 percent and control airflow to prevent cross-contamination.
This undated photo provided by Georgia-Pacific shows the production line at the Georgia-Pacific plant in Atlanta. NCSolutions, a data and consulting firm, said online and in-store U.S. toilet paper sales rose 51% between Feb. 24, 2020 and March 10, as buyers started getting uneasy about the growing number of coronavirus cases.
Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's why
What does toilet paper have to do with a global pandemic? Nothing. Here's a look at why it's been so hard to find.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 5,395, Bob Strawn photo: Santa Claus invaded the feminine precincts of Duchess Beauty Salon in Rolling Meadows to get a glamour treatment before his official arrival at Randhurst Shopping Center. As Santa sat under the dryer, regular customers appeared to be speculating whether it would be worth while to tell him what they would like for Christmas in December of 1966.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 4,101, Mike Seeling photo: Member of the WGN Barn Dance play at Forest View High School in June of 1966. The dance kicked off Elk Grove Village’s tencennial celebration and was supposed to be the moneymaker that would subsidize other tencennial activities. The crowd was sparse though and the event lost money. Arkie, the Arkansas Woodchopper, was one of the performers during the dance.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 3,106, Tom Grieger photo: About 15 members of Local 811 of the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers picketed the north side Arlington Heights offices of Illinois Bell Telephone Company on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 1966. It marked the first day of the strike, which was called after union members refused to ratify an agreement between union officials and management.
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Billy Harrigan Tighe, who plays lead character Brantley and Sydney Morton, who plays Christy, rehearse a scene during the final dress rehearsal for Paramount Theatre’s “The Secret of My Success” at Paramount Theatre in Aurora. The musical is an adaptation of the 1987 film that starred Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater in the lead roles.
Preparations for the world premiere musical "The Secret of My Success"
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 2,836, Mike Seeling photo: After they saw other kids on their block in Elk Grove Village building snow forts, the Janos kids, John, right, Philip, left and Cindy decided they needed to build one too. They added a snow bench to sit on as well. The fort was constructed in January of 1966.
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Jane Fonda, left, presents the award for best picture to Kwak Sin Ae for “Parasite” at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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