Government Affairs Roundup

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...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I’m thankful that you all continue to find this weekly update useful and as always thankful for the support of CITGO as our roundup...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Final election results were counted and confirmed yesterday. Below is a rundown of the winners. Congratulations to each of them as we wish them well in fulfilling...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We will announce and congratulate all of those who officially won their races next week as part of our roundup. This week, unofficial election results show no seats...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: It’s a quick roundup today as we’re less than one week away from election day. The information and link to the podcasts of our candidate forum on WJOL radio remains...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Early voting in Illinois is on track to potentially break records this year, reflecting a nationwide trend. Swing states like Georgia and North Carolina have already...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Since the last update, major announcements have been made concerning vital transportation projects here in the region. Read more about below concerning the I-80 and...