News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Hopefully everyone that had to dust off their snowblower (or shovel) this morning has recovered and is enjoying the snow-covered landscape. Today’s update shares an announcement from the Governor on vaccine sites, vaccine purchases by federal...

Chamber Members: It looks like the first heavy snowfall is upon us! As we start the week off, one year ago today the CDC announced a test for COVID-19 just one day after Wuhan had gone into lockdown. Today also begins the official start of the Illinois 1B vaccination...

Chamber Members: Now that our region is fully back to Tier 1 mitigations, we’ll look to keep an eye on the hopefully quick move back to just Phase 4 without mitigations. We urge all to keep pushing the messages of mask wearing, hand washing, and social distancing so...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....