News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Halfway through the week before a holiday. Out in Washington, D.C. infrastructure talks seem to become more confusing by the day with ups and downs. Read below to stay current on the latest twists and turns. There is also renewed talk about vaccine...

Chamber Members: Enough rain already, right? As we come close to the end of June and the 4th of July holiday, these next few days will be the end of the daily coronavirus update. The update itself isn’t going to go away completely though as after the 4th of July we’ll...

Chamber Members: Today’s update has the potential to give all a little optimism that things may be working out in Congress. There is still a ways to go with an agreement on infrastructure, but there are positive movements. With rain predicted for what seems like an...

Chamber Members: Today’s update has big news on the infrastructure talks, hopefully winding things up. Also, the usual Thursday jobs report, CDC announces eviction moratorium extension, the national debt ceiling, and Illinois gets good news with financial outlook. One...

Chamber Members: Today’s update focuses on rental relief in Illinois, a call nationally to extend the eviction ban, how Illinois families stand as covid has likely erased gains from post recession, a new home price record, and the release of airport aid. As a...

Chamber Members: Today’s update covers the action taking place in Congress – voting on voting and the never-ending topic of infrastructure. Also, we look at investments in the economy, what entrepreneurs have learned through covid, and U of I announces vaccine...

Chamber Members: Welcome to Summer 2021! Looking back one year ago, we were entering the last week of Phase 3 with Phase 4 beginning on June 26. So we spent almost one year in Phase 4 with back-and-forth mitigations. It is a nice feeling to be in Phase 5 now with a...

Chamber Members: Before we get into the preview of today’s update, let’s bring attention to two things. First, we have a Legislative Coffee presented by CITGO this upcoming Thursday, June 24 at 8:30 AM. We’ll be talking about outcomes of the most recent session in...

Chamber Members: Since today is Thursday, you know that we’re going to be sharing a job report below. Today we have both the weekly national numbers as well as the state May report. Claims have oddly spiked and Illinois is right in the mix contributing to it....

Chamber Members: Today’s update covers a number of important topics coming out of Springfield as well as the usual infrastructure talk out in Washington D.C. Governor Pritzker has now signed the bill to officially make Juneteenth as state holiday, an energy bill...