Chamber Members: Today begins a new week. The House is back in session as we still hold out hope that some type of an agreement can be reached for a federal aid package. Also, new clarifications were released at the end of last week on Family First Coronavirus...
Chamber Members: For a short week, this one really felt like 10 days long. A lot of moving parts this week locally on COVID numbers related to our Region. As of now, we continue to follow the same measures until further notice. A piece of good news to share on this...
Chamber Members: It’s job report day and the “skinny” proposal was voted on. See the results of both below. Also, Governor Pritzker makes an announcement about Covid response jobs. Latest on the Unemployment Scene New weekly claims for unemployment benefits stayed...
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,...
