News & Announcements

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...

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...

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...

Chamber Members: Well, yesterday this update did say we were in for some interesting hours ahead of us. The Georgia elections wrapped up last night and it looks as if there are two unofficial winners that will change the balance of the Senate (actually a perfect 50/50...

Chamber Members: Today continues an interesting week of events after a new Congress was sworn in on Sunday, as control of the Senate will be decided in Georgia and then we turn attention to what’s shaping up to be the most dramatic Electoral College count in...

Chamber Members: Welcome to 2021! We hope that all of you enjoyed some much deserved time off to recharge and get ready for a new year. In reality we flip the page on a new month and year, but the same issues remain. We’ll undoubtedly face many new issues as well,...

Chamber Members: Today will be the last update for 2020. We hope these daily messages have been beneficial for you and your organization. Looking back, it’s interesting to see all of the information shared on funding opportunities, shelter in place mandates, phases,...

Chamber Members: Two more days after today to wrap up this year of what ever name(s) you want to associate with it. There are five days until the new Congress meets, one week until voting ends in Georgia’s Senate runoffs, and three weeks until Inauguration Day, Jan....

Chamber Members: Today is the last Monday of 2020 – kind of hard to believe that even with everything that has gone on, that we’re already wrapping up the year. Some days have been a blur, while others seem like 29 hours that will never end. In addition to the obvious...

Chamber Members: This will be the last update before Christmas. It seems as if the big present that we all thought we would be receiving is now in serious jeopardy. President Trump is in position to hold this up and possibly derail the whole thing. See below for a...