Unless extended again, the state of Illinois’ current eviction moratorium ends Saturday, April 3. But there is real financial help available to suburban Cook County renters right now.
For almost a year now, Gov. JB Pritzker’s eviction moratorium has kept renters from losing their homes during the coronavirus pandemic, but the moratorium may be coming at a cost for smaller landlords with a single investment property.
Among the most urgent challenges raised by the coronavirus pandemic are unemployment payments and the massive fraud perpetrated on the aging and fragile infrastructure of some state systems. Illinois’ is no exception.
NBC 5 Responds reached out to the biggest domestic airline carriers about their voucher and travel deadlines. Each responded with extended voucher and travel deadlines — and a special distinction for all travelers to know.
For nearly 30 years, Greg Landgraf of Gurnee had a dream car that was always on his mind. “When the Mazda Miata was first released, I wanted a Mazda Miata. And a couple years after the first release, they came out with the car in yellow. At that point, a yellow Miata was my dream car so to speak,” Greg…
A Blue Island retiree says he had the security of his Social Security Number top-of-mind when he refused to hand it over to a company that he says never told him it was required, until well after it had accepted his money. When Leroy Sykes walked into a Calumet Park drug store in March of 2020, his plan was to…
A Blue Island man is trying to protect a priceless personal asset, his social security number, and asked NBC 5 Responds to look into what he found unfair and unwise. NBC 5’s Lisa Parker reports.
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a No Sail Order last year, effective March 14, 2020, many saw their vacation plans suddenly canceled — including Holly and Ben Kietzman, of Springfield.
A Chicago area resident is sending a warning after over $14,000 was taken from her saving account through an online banking service. NBC 5 Responds’ Lisa Parker reports.
A Chicago area child daycare received a “jaw-dropping” phone bill, leaving the center out of phone service. NBC 5 Responds’ Lisa Parker reports.
Nonprofit organization the Children’s Center says its budget does not leave a lot of wiggle room – especially not for the kind of shocking charges they received for their routine AT&T business phone service.
According to newly released data by the Federal Trade Commission, nationwide there have been more than 338,000 consumer reports about COVID-related scams and fraud.
NBC 5 Responds discovered the city of Chicago handed out 21,854 of “No Contractor Placard” violation notices between Jan.1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. Some contractors told NBC 5 Responds they were unaware of the placard policy.
