Chamber Members: Thursday is here and that means we bring you the weekly unemployment claims report. It is an improvement and finally ends the increase in claims. Also, talks in Washington D.C. are not improving, believe it or not. Jobs Report The number of new...
Chamber Members: Thanks to all that joined us today on our Government Affairs Coffee Series talk with Congressman Bill Foster and Jason Keller from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. A lot of good information was shared. We will have another Coffee Series talk in...
Chamber Members: Hopefully, everyone is safe from the storm yesterday. Two storms like that during this pandemic certainly have not made things any better. Please reach out if you need any assistance. Today’s update will be a combination of what was to go out last...
Chamber Members: It is the end of another week and the beginning of action in the state to try and keep us from slipping back into heavier restrictions. Read below for the announcement from Governor Pritzker today as we hit 2,000 plus COVID cases the first time since...
Chamber Members: You know what day it is. The fourth day of the week is the day that we deliver the jobs report. Today’s news is slightly better than the last two weeks. A seasonally adjusted 1.2 million new people applied for unemployment benefits in the week ending...
