Coronavirus update for 1.13.2021 – Impeachment Update, New Speaker, US Chamber Policy, and FFCRA Reminder

Chamber Members: Busy day today as impeachment vote takes place, state Senators and Representatives are sworn in and then the new general assembly begins with the first item of business in the House being the election of speaker. Also, we share below the policy items...

Coronavirus update for 1.12.2021 – Updates on Vaccine Distribution, Small Business Predictions, & PPP Reminder

Chamber Members: Hopefully by now you are all aware that the PPP application has been released for both first time draws and second time draws. If not, links are below and you can always visit our resource page on the website for the documents and archived updates....

Coronavirus update for 1.11.2021 – PPP App Released, Tax Decoupling, Speaker Race, and Impeachment

Chamber Members: Good news to begin the week! Governor Pritzker announced today that regions meeting metrics are still on course for rolling back to Tier 2 mitigations on Friday, the 15. Following up from the announcement on Friday, this week the PPP application...

Coronavirus update for 1.8.2021 – PPP Reopens Next Week, Economy/Jobs Report, and Lame Duck Opens

Chamber Members: A big announcement to wrap up quite a first full week of the year. Today, the SBA announced that the PPP application period will open next week. See below for the full press release. After nearly nine months away, the Illinois General Assembly...

Coronavirus update for 1.7.2021 – Election Confirmation, Unemployment Issues, and Mask Order Reissue

Chamber Members: In the early hours of the morning, it was confirmed that Joe Biden is the official President-elect. We’ll now turn focus on what the possibilities will be in his first 100 days of office with a Democrat led House and Senate behind him. Back in...