News & Announcements

Chamber Members: As the new pandemic relief aid bill passes through Congress, movement begins behind the scenes on the “Build Back Better” plan. Additionally, today’s update looks at a court victory for restaurants, continuing fraudulent unemployment claims, and what...

Chamber Members: So it begins – the House will begin this week to push through President Biden’s pandemic relief aid. An outlook runs below. Additionally, there is a snapshot of where things stand with the virus cases, vaccines, and its variants. Finally, a feel-good...

Chamber Members: Today’s update takes a look at the beginning of the push for the new covid relief bill and recaps the specifics of what has been proposed. News about President Biden’s immigration bill emerges, Pfizer has a good update to share, and don’t forget about...

Chamber Members: Happy Thursday! It is job report day and also an exciting news day with NASA’s rover “Perseverance” landing on Mars this afternoon – so exciting that Krispy Kreme has created a special Mars doughnut that is only sold today. Additionally, President...

Chamber Members: Today we will take up the space with two main topics. The first being the combined State of the State and Budget address notes from Governor Pritzker. It was certainly a different setting than usual considering the pandemic departing from a live...

Chamber Members: Good news to share today as newly reported covid cases in the U.S. hit their lowest level in nearly four months. Locally, we’re below 5% on the rolling seven-day average for the first time since the middle of July. The bad news is the continuation of...

Chamber Members: We’ll start off today wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day and maybe this will serve as a reminder for those that may have forgot! Before I forget, the update will take a day off on Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day. Today however, we report...

Chamber Members: Happy Thursday! Today we share the weekly jobs report and it’s not horrible. Additionally, there is information about mortgage relief, eviction bans, new state partners for vaccines, an unfortunate report on the Mainstreet Lending program, and some...

Chamber Members: Today’s big news hints at what will be delivered next Wednesday during the combined Illinois Budget address & State of the State address. There is so much news circulating on vaccines it is hard not to get it out right away, so today’s update is...