small business owners

Promising news about a coronavirus vaccine has business owners feeling more upbeat despite the number of cases. The virus is continuing to spread in many parts of the United States. Owners hope consumers and businesses will be more relaxed about spending now that drug companies Pfizer and Moderna have vaccines that data show were highly effective in testing.

Chicago-area small business owners want Washington D.C. to take notice of their struggles as the government debates a new round of relief aid for businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t want to be another empty building on the street of our great downtown,” said Heidi Vance, owner of Team Blonde, a boutique in Forest Park. Vance...

Small business owners have been especially hard hit during the coronavirus crisis with money ear-marked to help having evaporated after the launch of the emergency relief. Now, Illinois owners are trying to hold on and hoping more money is on the way. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.