Chamber Members: As a follow-up to our news yesterday that things are moving with concerns over the data and process being used by the state regarding Region 7 mitigation measures, we finally did receive an official response from IDPH. It is nothing really different...
Chamber Members: Hopefully, everyone was able to enjoy a long Labor Day weekend. This by no means should be a quiet week on the COVID front, both nationally and locally. First, expect a vote this week in the Senate on the “skinny” bill mentioned last week. Second,...
Chamber Members: Who’s ready for the long Labor Day weekend? Some good news today on job numbers, but not on covid cases. Interesting though that such as backlog existed since we don’t recall hearing about the possibility during all the reports of the record-breaking...
Chamber Members: Today we share once again the jobless claims over the past week. We look below at some other topics and updates. The main news is the announcement of an agreement to avert a government shutdown, but that means no coupling with coronavirus funding. We...
Chamber Members: Our region now has a partner in mitigation measures as the area east of St. Louis has matched our restrictions one week after the announcement for us here in Region 7 and after their two weeks attempt to reduce positivity below 6.5%. Also, some news...
