Government Affairs Roundup

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: There was minimal floor activity of note in either the Illinois House or Senate for this roundup. However, the Senate did pass several bills that had received...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The Illinois House and Senate both returned on Tuesday, April 29th to full action. The next deadline to watch is May 9th, when House bills must advance out of Senate...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: If you haven’t seen or heard the big news today, Illinois' senior Senator, Dick Durbin, has made an official announcement that he will be retiring at the end of his...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Both the U.S. Congress and the Illinois General Assembly are off this week, but there still remains news to share. It was a marathon last week in the state Capitol....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Tariffs remain the big topic of conversation not only locally, but also across the globe. More on that below. First, a topic of note closer to home. Illinois...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Good to be back with a roundup after a week off on vacation. A good amount of information to share here today with recaps of action that has gone on. Congratulations...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A government shutdown has been averted once again, pushing the topic back once more until September. More information on that topic below. On the state side of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A number of items to cover this week starting with an update on federal government spending. We’re days away from yet another threat of a shutdown. See below for the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: As we move into the month of March, action in Springfield begins to pick up. House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch has announced the creation of a property tax relief...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The back-and-forth saga continues for small businesses regarding Beneficial Ownership Information reporting. See below that the most recent ruling now gives those...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker delivered the annual Budget and State of the State Address today (attached to this message) in Springfield. Heading into the address, Illinois...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A week after the excitement of a memo to pause a number of federally funded programs, this week President Trump postponed imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imports...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Nothing like a last-minute addition to the roundup to create some buzz. Read below for more information on the suggestion coming from the Civic Federation about the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A flurry of information causing worry in the past 36-48 hours on federal spending that would have impacted many in the area seems to have ended for the time being....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We hosted a very informative luncheon today with speaker Doug Pryor from the Will County Center for Economic Development. Doug shared insights and statistics...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The Illinois 104th General Assembly was inaugurated last week. For the Senate, the swearing-in ceremony took place in the newly reopened Senate chambers. For the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season. We’re looking forward to 2025 with municipal elections at the first of April. More...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today’s roundup will be the second to last of 2024. I hope that you’ve all found the information to be relative and informative. With that being said, here are...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: I hope you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. It’s budget time locally and Will County has approved their budget for 2025. More information is below on that. I’ll...