Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A reminder about an item shared on Tuesday. Our local American Red Cross of the Illinois River Valley office has announced that we have now reached a critical point...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Talks begin to progress on a number of items that we’re keeping an eye on. Notably, the Unemployment Insurance fund issue in Illinois, the Federal vaccine mandate...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Hello to 2022 – I hope the new year finds you all happy and healthy even though it seems like a little bit of déjà vu. We’re starting off with a few interesting...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Welcome officially to Winter!?!? Not a great start with creeping uncertainty on Omicron variant cases, but look on the bright side … we’re much closer to the start...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Let’s hope the holidays around your house are much brighter than today’s news. The Federal Reserve acknowledged today what those of us that have just started our...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Thanks to those that made it out this morning for our final legislative coffee event for 2021. It was a great discussion mainly focused on workforce issues. Nothing...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer is trying to hit the gas on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, calling for his colleagues to pass the bill before...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates"   Chamber members: One item looks ready to be checked off of the December watch list. Seems as if sides have come together for a deal to prevent a government shutdown this...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates"   Chamber members: Black Friday is back but it’s not what it used to be. U.S. shoppers returned to physical stores over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the first one in years...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Thanks for your continued interest in this weekly news update. I hope it continues to be beneficial to you and your organization. I appreciate your feedback and as...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: After a marathon speech session over night, the Build Back Better spending plan was finally passed in the house. It now moves onto the Senate after the Thanksgiving...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Congress is back to work and they have a list of items that will need to be tackled before additional vacations. Things are a little quiet on the Illinois news side,...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: President Biden says the $1.75 trillion social spending package that is languishing in the House is the key to slowing down the inflation train. However, there is...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The House and the Senate are on recess this week. Congress passed the roughly $1 trillion package, one of Mr. Biden’s top legislative priorities, late Friday evening...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Hello from Rockford! Today’s roundup is the only one for the week as I’m currently at a conference, but there is some information to report on. Here’s some good news...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Below is a special roundup edition with veto session news. Additionally, Congressman Foster’s office is hosting a discussion this Saturday about the expansion of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Perfect timing for a roundup before the weekend as today is a busy news day on the state and federal levels with veto session coming to a close and new pushes on the...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The veto session had been canceled for today. Both the House and Senate will return Tuesday, October 26th for an undoubtedly busier week. Read on for all of today’s...