Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The focus of the state legislative session is becoming more clear this week as legislation making healthcare and childcare more affordable & accessible,...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: For those that weren’t able to join us last week, we had a visit from our new Congressional representative, Lauren Underwood. As the majority of our area was...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: We’re looking forward to our luncheon tomorrow with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. It should be a great opportunity to find out more about her positions on various...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The “lame duck” session has ended on the state level and nationally, there is now a Speaker of the House. More below on those items along with some additional...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Happy New Year to all of you! I hope that you have started off 2023 well and wish all of you the best. We’re jumping right into the new year with plenty of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The Senate passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown last Thursday that punted the would-be Friday deadline through this week as negotiators...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A nice announcement locally to share here as well as reminders on two programs that I shared with you last week. Further down then we get into some state and federal...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: In addition to the information below about the Unemployment Insurance agreement, SAFE-T act trailer bill, and additional legislation there is a list of interested...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Big headline(s) to the update for today below. A major agreement is taking place to pay off the remaining amount left on the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund debt....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Lawmakers are back in the Nation’s Capitol this week for a lame-duck session. Party leaders on both sides of the aisle are gearing up for leadership elections, even...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Americans headed to the polls in elections forecasted to reshape the leadership of our nation. How did that turnout? If you haven’t kept up over the last 24 hours,...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The information does not slow down this week at all as a number of items have hit the radar including the need to extend telehealth services in HSA plans, the growth...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Early voting hours and locations greatly expanded across the state this week as the campaign season entered its final two-week stretch. The election is just thirteen...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A lot of information coming out from the State of Illinois this last week. Check out below the information about corporate income tax deadline extension, masking in...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today’s Roundup has info on the latest concerning the economy and jobs. Two issues that will continue to be under the spotlight. Additionally, the Biden...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A continuing resolution was struck so that the federal government didn’t have to shutdown which is always good news. If you haven’t seen yet, our October member...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Eyes are on Washington to see if a deal can be struck on government funding as the deadline hits at the end of this week. Closer to home though we see good news on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A little bit of old news that somehow escaped the last Roundup edition starts us off today. The Governor was in the area to talk about the new interchange in...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Both the House and Senate will be back in session this week. When they return, expect the next three weeks to be hectic as Congress will need to quickly come to an...