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Stimulus Funds

$1B in unclaimed tax refunds from past years still available, IRS says

  • Apr 15, 2024
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Another round of COVID relief being offered to Chicago families

  • Nov 22, 2022

BGA: Some IL school districts slow to spend billions in COVID relief

  • Nov 5, 2022
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Former USPS employee accused of stealing stimulus checks: Prosecutors

  • Apr 13, 2022

Now's your last chance to get a third stimulus check

  • Apr 10, 2022

Tips for tax season

  • Feb 25, 2022

Chicago IRS office to host in-person tax help session

  • Feb 5, 2022

Tax tips: Claiming stimulus check on 2021 return

  • Jan 31, 2022

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Former USPS employee accused of stealing stimulus checks: Prosecutors

  • Apr 13, 2022
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Tax tips: Claiming stimulus check on refund

  • Jan 31, 2022
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Child tax credit to help bring thousands of IL children out of poverty

  • Jul 6, 2021
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Our Chicago: Child tax credit payments Part 2

  • Jul 4, 2021
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Our Chicago: Child tax credit payments Part 1

  • Jul 4, 2021
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Mayor Lightfoot, city leaders announce $79.8 million in rental assistance amid COVID-19

  • May 24, 2021
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Emergency Rental Assistance Program provides grants amid COVID-19

  • May 24, 2021
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IRS says letter from White House outlining stimulus payments not a scam

  • May 6, 2021

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5 tax changes that can boost your refund this year

Thanks to several temporarily expanded tax breaks, you could get back more -- or in some cases, less -- than you might expect.

  • Jan 23, 2022
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Federal aid in 2022: No more stimulus checks in sight, child tax credit payments expired

Boosted unemployment benefits and guaranteed paid sick leave programs have also expired.

  • Dec 30, 2021

Tax season 2022: 3 changes you need to know about before filing your taxes

It's almost time to file your federal tax return and there are a handful of changes you need to know about, including steps you need to take regarding child tax credit payments.

  • Dec 29, 2021

Chicago restaurants denied COVID dollars push for $60B federal funds amid lingering pandemic impact

A Chicago restaurants coalition shut out from initial COVID funds asked for a $60B Restaurant Revitalization Fund update.

  • Nov 3, 2021

Chicago woman accused of posing as murder victims' relative to get tax refunds, stimulus payments

At a home she listed as a return address, investigators found handwritten notes listing her alleged victims and how they were murdered.

  • Sep 17, 2021