Coronavirus update for 12.8.2020 – Aid Talks Shift, Vaccine News, and Revenue Reports
Chamber Members: Specific details have yet to emerge as hoped regarding details of the bipartisan federal aid proposal. Lawmakers initially had hoped to have the text finished Monday, though that is now expected later in the week. Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), a...
Coronavirus update for 12.7.2020 – More Time Needed for Agreement and What 2021 Looks Like
Chamber Members: A new week begins, but old topics remain. Hopefully, there will be some clarity on the federal aid and government shutdown front. As this was written, deeper details have yet to emerge on specifics of the aid proposal. However, some pieces are...
Coronavirus update for 12.4.2020 – Newest on Aid & Shutdown Talks, November Employment, and ILL Cuts
Chamber Members: We’re looking forward to our Virtual Santa 5K tomorrow and looking forward to good news on a federal relief package. Full details are rumored to be released on Monday, but we’re working behind the scenes to advocate for inclusion of PPP deductibility...
Coronavirus update for 12.3.2020 – Breakthrough on Relief, Jobs Report, and Vaccinated Past Presidents
Chamber Members: Below you will find the usual Thursday update with the jobs report. In addition, we have some breaking news if you have not already heard. We sit 8 days away from government funding running out, and there’s a positive outlook being shared in the House...
Coronavirus update for 12.2.2020 – 2nd New Relief Proposal, PPP Data Released, and New Guidelines
Chamber Members: Halfway through the week and our countdown to the government funding deadline is now 9 days. Another new relief proposal is on the table following the proposal from a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers that introduced a $908 billion bill...
Coronavirus update for 12.1.2020 – New Covid Relief Proposal, Flawed Job #’s, and Government Spending
Chamber Members: Welcome to December! The month starts off with a brand-new proposal on Covid relief aid. This comes as the clock ticks on a government shutdown. Also, information is below on a claim of flawed jobless numbers, vaccine predictions, and much more....
Coronavirus update for 11.30.2020 – Tier 3 until Christmas (at least), Vaccine News, Congress Action, Borrowing, and Tracing
Chamber Members: Welcome back from the Thanksgiving weekend as we close out the month of November. Special thanks are in order to all of you who continue to read the daily updates from start to finish, those that scan over, and those that try to keep up when possible....
Coronavirus update for 11.25.2020 – Jobs and Economy Report, Vaccine News, and the Call to Action again
Chamber Members: Please excuse the length of this email as we have a good amount of information to share before taking a break on updates until next Monday. No worries, those locked in on the weekly job report every Thursday will get their fix today. See below for...
Coronavirus update for 11.24.2020 – Dow Jones Record, DC Consequences, Fraud Claims, and more
Chamber Members: Some good news today for those stock market watchers – the Dow Jones hit 30,000 for the first time on news that President Trump has instructed aids to begin transition work. It is almost unbelievable that it has traveled this high in a pandemic year...
Coronavirus update for 11.23.2020 – New Aid Talks, Lawsuits, Another Vaccine and Much More
Chamber Members: Happy Thanksgiving week to all! It is a short week, so we’ll probably share a good amount of information up front as we’ll not have an update out on Thursday or Friday (and see how Wednesday goes). *Daily Coronavirus update brought to you by Silver...