Pritzker suggests no large gatherings until coronavirus vaccine available

On the day some Americans could begin receiving stimulus checks from the federal government amid the coronavirus pandemic that has eroded the country's financial footing, economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict the Labor Department will report another 5.5 million initial claims for unemployment insurance.

Seeking to boost enforcement of the state's stay-at-home order, Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder signed an emergency order requiring essential businesses to establish a written social distancing policy.

Attorney General William Barr Wednesday called the restrictions in effect in many states to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus "draconian" and said they should be revisited next month.

For most of her adult life, Sarah Jacobs has found steady employment in Springfield's bars and restaurants.

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Senior White House adviser Anthony Fauci said Thursday the death toll from the coronavirus could be closer to 60,000 Americans, assuming full social distancing, rather than the previously projected 100,000 to 240,000 deaths.

Much-awaited stimulus cash will begin flooding into millions of bank accounts next week in the first wave of payouts to shore up the nation's wallets.

The number of people filing jobless claims continues to soar in the United States as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the country.

The U.S. economy continues to shed jobs at a jaw-dropping pace and there's little sign the payroll losses will ease significantly anytime soon amid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.