Government Affairs Roundup

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A collection of local, state, and federal updates awaits you below. Another big vote is on tap out in Washington D.C. Reminder: The application for the $250 million...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: See below for news on jobless claims both nationally and in Illinois, August retail sales numbers, a push for a recall, unemployment loans not paid back, and the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: It is business as usual at Congress reconvenes in Washington D.C. Back closer to home, legislators finally have crossed the finish line on an energy agreement. See...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: TOMORROW is New Orleans North in downtown Joliet on Chicago Street from 5 to 11 pm. Get your tickets ASAP and save $5 vs. purchasing at the door. For full info on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: I hope you all had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend! The weekend also marked the end of the $300 bump in unemployment payments, the day so many have been looking...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The job growth spurt has slowed down as the August report comes out below expected numbers. Unemployment numbers though are at the lowest though since March of 2020....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: It’s been a busy couple of days with mask mandates restarting here in Illinois for all those indoor, new vaccine mandates, the Afghanistan situation, a hurricane,...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We’re back to a mask mandate for all regardless of vaccination status beginning this upcoming Monday, August 30th. Read below for more details on this announcement...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: An agreement has been made, so what is next? Just two days of frantic House action felt like a full week, but it is recess once again. Let’s look at what is coming...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Argonne National Laboratory is celebrating with their 75th Anniversary Small Business Fair this Wednesday, the 25th. They’ve asked us to share with our membership to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The application for the $250 million State of Illinois Back to Business (B2B) Grant Program is now open! B2B offers small businesses access to funds that can help...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The application for the $250 million State of Illinois Back to Business (B2B) Grant Program is now open! B2B offers small businesses access to funds that can help...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Census numbers are out and Speaker Pelosi is juggling how and when votes are going to play out on infrastructure and the budget as the debt ceiling looms. Eviction...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Friday the 13th edition here today for you brings back some Coronavirus news as it is unavoidable (once again, unfortunately). A number of people have reached out to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: This past spring the Joliet Chamber joined the Chambers All In for Economic Recovery coalition. The coalition is designed to address your concerns as a business...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: This past spring the Joliet Chamber joined the Chambers All In for Economic Recovery coalition. The coalition is designed to address your concerns as a business...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker delivered a speech yesterday with three new key steps to keeping the delta variant cases from exploding here in Illinois. See below for full recap....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Things have not been quiet in Washington D.C. as the clash between the House and Senate is an old Hill standby, but the chambers’ divergent handling of the calendar...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We’re sticking to GA news as much as possible here, but can’t deny the robust amount of new info coming down regarding this covid variant. “The delta variant of the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Let’s hope that we don’t have to go back and resume the daily coronavirus updates. It is however getting to the point to talk about issues again rather than tuck...