Government Affairs Roundup

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A short report for this week, but still important information to share. See below for information on where the state of Illinois finished financially for fiscal year...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy 4th of July a day early! Thank you to not only our five local legislators that were able to join us last Thursday for our June member breakfast, but also to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Your government affairs roundup is back in your email inbox after a week off in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Our office is looking forward to our June...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker made the FY ’25 budget official last Wednesday, downplaying Democratic divisions as he signed a sweeping $53.1 billion budget that relies on $1.1...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We’re a week removed from the wrap up of the spring session in Illinois. Last week’s roundup provided a full recap of the state budget passage. All in all, more than...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: House lawmakers finally approved the state budget for fiscal year ’25 in the early hours today after brief floor action yesterday afternoon and committee hearings...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The legislative session is scheduled to end this Friday, but the Illinois General Assembly is still trying to wrap things up on Governor Pritzker’s proposed $52+...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: With about a week and a half left in this state legislative session, legislators are pushing bills to the finish line as they work at the same time on the budget...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today’s roundup has information on a few interesting topics that have popped up since the last update such as an election law change, the possibility of a service...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Last week news was shared on the FTC’s ruling to ban noncompete clauses and now this week we share news on the Department of Labor’s plan to raise the salary...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Last call to check your calendars and see if you can join us for our April member breakfast on Tuesday, April 30th. We’re changing things up a little this month and...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Welcome back to the roundup after a little bit of a break for two weeks to enjoy a vacation and our trip to Springfield last week. Last Wednesday we were able to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: President Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion government funding bill to stave off a government shutdown, capping a frenetic sprint by lawmakers to pass the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A good amount of information in today’s roundup. First, the usual Federal government shutdown update. Congress is racing toward a Friday shutdown deadline, with...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Our update took a week off last week as I traveled to Springfield with our Community Leadership School group. We had a fun filled day seeing some action in the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Congratulations to all of our award recipients last night as part of our Annual Dinner & Celebration of Success: Pritz Family, Rod Tonelli, IKEA, Heritage...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today Governor Pritzker delivered his Illinois Constitution required budget address for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024. This now begins the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy Valentine’s Day to all reading this! We’re one week away from Governor Pritzker delivering his Budget & State of the State addresses. It will be...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Illinois legislators returned to the state capitol Tuesday for the spring session. Governor Pritzker will deliver his budget and State of the State address on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Nothing has been completed yet regarding a federal deal as reported a few weeks ago. House Republicans on Tuesday evening mulled a compromise that would pair state...