Coronavirus update for 1.21.2021 – Region Moves Back to Tier 1, Jobs Report, Biden Pandemic View, and more
Chamber Members: Some good news today as our region has been given the green light to move from Tier 3 to Tier 1 of mitigations. This has been quite confusing as we’ve been monitoring covid patient numbers as mentioned a few days ago, but this move skipping over Tier...
Coronavirus update for 1.20.2021 – Day One for President Biden, IHSA Sports, and Letter from U.S. Chamber
Chamber Members: It’s inauguration day as President Biden was officially sworn in today at Noon eastern time. The President quickly moved with a plan on a number of action items that you’ll read below. Additionally, you’ll see information about the update to IHSA...
Coronavirus update for 1.19.2021 – Questions for IDPH/Governor, Biden 100 Day, Speaker Welch Info
Chamber Members: As of today, all lending institutions are open to accept the Paycheck Protection Program application for both first and second draws. Last week, the program was open only to community financial institutions and small lenders. If you have not reached...
Coronavirus update for 1.15.2021 – New State Mitigation Tier Info, PPP Openings, and the Biden Plan
Chamber Members: Today’s update shares the Governor’s announcement of regions moving back mitigation tiers as well as changes going forward on indoor dining allowances. Additionally, the SBA opens the application process further for PPP applications and an article...
Coronavirus update for 1.14.2021 – Biden Aid Plans Unveiled, Jobs Report, and Additional Updates
Chamber Members: Today is the day to share the weekly jobs report. We also have information regarding an announcement by President-elect Biden tonight regarding his plan for pandemic relief. In addition to this news, see below for some vaccine updates, some bills that...
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...