Month: March 2021

A new legal website is targeting individuals that have had legal issues during the pandemic.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many have reached out to others for help. Even more people may need assistance when federal and state relief options end.

CREVE COUR, Ill. (WMBD) — Illinois residents have about 18 days to get a plan together if they haven’t been paying their rent. It’s been 12 months since Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker …

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) was underfunded, understaffed, and underprepared at the beginning of the pandemic. Now, nearly a year into the pandemic, there are still issues with getting claimants their benefits — mainly with fraud prevention and the heavily criticized callback systems that leave Illinoisans waiting by the phones for months at …

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The free bot was developed by attorneys to help residents struggling due to coronavirus find resources for keeping their housing, paying bills and getting unemployment benefits.

Buried in the jampacked political news cycle last week was another extension of assistance for Illinois renters, but the extra month of rent relief provides fewer protections than previous iterations of the program. Previously-passed eviction moratoriums from March through October applied to all tenants, regardless of financial circumstances. Now, renters will have to fill out …

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COVID-19 has pummeled the economy and left people financially strapped. Legal professionals have launched Illinois COVID H.E.L.P. to offer assistance.

/PRNewswire/ — Nearly half a million Illinoisans are unemployed and thousands more face an abrupt and significant loss of income after the illness or death of…