Government Affairs Roundup

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A number of concerning topics are in today’s roundup for your review. Read on for information about independent contractor rules, main street lending, and a ban on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Illinois legislators convened in Springfield on Tuesday to kick off the second year of the 103rd General Assembly. Building on the momentum of numerous bills signed...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The new year is off to a start with what seems to be the same old story … federal government funding and a looming shutdown. More information on the reemergence of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Welcome to 2024! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and are ready to tackle a new year. We start off this year with a list of new laws that are interesting. Also,...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: This will be the final roundup for 2023. Thanks for taking some time out of your day to keep up on all of the news, updates, and announcements. We look forward to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: First things first, a last-minute reminder about our holiday party that starts in about 30 minutes going from 4:30 to 6:30 at the Renaissance Center, 214 N. Ottawa...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A little slower news cycle as we move towards wrapping up the year. Please make sure you have our holiday party marked on your calendar and please RSVP if you can....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A reminder that we will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, December 7th from 8:30 to 10:00 AM on the main subject of the Paid Leave for All Workers Act along with a...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We're extremely thankful for the support of our membership. A Federal government shutdown was once again averted with a...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Federal government funding runs out Friday, and the question is whether the new House speaker’s plan will be able to fix it. Recent action suggests all will be fine...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Your “Roundup” email is back after a week off due to our trip to Washington, D.C. for advocacy meetings. It was a very successful trip in which we were able to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A couple of announcements out of the Governor’s office in today’s roundup for upcoming funding. Also, some information on two topics surely to be in the news during...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Take a look at today’s roundup for some information regarding grants awarded to local hotels, restaurants, and art programs. There is a new report on an old topic of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: In a remarkable turn of events, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was unseated from his position on Tuesday by a small fraction of House Republicans. This...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The House and Senate are pushing forward with their own, separate government funding plans today. The Senate on Tuesday unveiled and advanced a bipartisan measure...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Tensions in the House GOP over how to avoid — or not avoid — a potential government shutdown is coming to a boil, with frustrations spilling over into public jabs...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The state veto session is around the corner and opinions are starting to be shared on what the main topics of interest will be. Task forces have also been formed to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: In an effort to not continually spend time with long updates that sound the same week to week, here’s the story … the federal funding picture has not changed....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today we look at information about pensions and rent control here in Illinois. On the federal level, the latest on a potential government shutdown and a survey on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker has had a busy summer signing and vetoing bills passed from the general assembly. See below for the latest. Also, the most recent news on federal...