Government Affairs Roundup for 2.19.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker delivered the annual Budget and State of the State Address today (attached to this message) in Springfield. Heading into the address, Illinois...
Government Affairs Roundup for 2.5.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A week after the excitement of a memo to pause a number of federally funded programs, this week President Trump postponed imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imports...
Government Affairs Roundup for 2.12.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Nothing like a last-minute addition to the roundup to create some buzz. Read below for more information on the suggestion coming from the Civic Federation about the...
Government Affairs Roundup for 1.29.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A flurry of information causing worry in the past 36-48 hours on federal spending that would have impacted many in the area seems to have ended for the time being....
Government Affairs Roundup for 1.22.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We hosted a very informative luncheon today with speaker Doug Pryor from the Will County Center for Economic Development. Doug shared insights and statistics...
Government Affairs Roundup for 1.15.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The Illinois 104th General Assembly was inaugurated last week. For the Senate, the swearing-in ceremony took place in the newly reopened Senate chambers. For the...
NuMark Credit Union & Mount Olive Baptist Church – Financial Empowerment Workshop
Local financial institution teams up with local church to provide free financial wellness workshop for community members LOCKPORT, Ill. – On Saturday, November 23, employees of NuMark Credit Union (NuMark) headed to Shiloh Baptist Church in Lockport, Illinois to help...
Government Affairs Roundup for 1.8.25
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season. We’re looking forward to 2025 with municipal elections at the first of April. More...
Government Affairs Roundup for 12.18.2024
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy Holidays to all of you and your family. This will be our final edition of the roundup in 2024 with plans to return January 8th. The City of Joliet finalized...
Government Affairs Roundup for 12.11.24
Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today’s roundup will be the second to last of 2024. I hope that you’ve all found the information to be relative and informative. With that being said, here are...