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Icy and snowy weather conditions made it difficult for Rita and Bill Kollmar of St. John, Indiana, to make it up their driveway last week, but a nearby UPS driver made a big difference because he was at the right place and right time.

Contract workers and freelancers in Illinois who have found themselves out of work due to the pandemic can now file for federally-funded unemployment benefits. The state opened its Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) portal (which you can access at this link) this morning.  The program gives independent workers who typically file 1099 tax forms (and therefore aren’t covered through other...