News & Announcements

Chamber Members: Welcome to another week. Last week certainly was an interesting one considering it was noticeably quiet out in Washington DC, but definitely more action back home. Here is a recap from over the last few days and info about our next virtual conference....

Chamber Members: We have job numbers to report since it is Thursday, but more importantly today we are sharing a letter that has been sent to Governor Pritzker and additional elected officials regarding the Region 7 mitigations. The full letter is attached as well....

Chamber Members:   Today we’re going to keep it light and quick as we’re working through some of the backlash from yesterday’s announcement. So, most of the information below is a reminder of what is going on as far as new mitigation efforts that began today,...

Chamber Members: Governor Pritzker was in Joliet to announce the new rules for our Region due to positivity rates climbing above 8%. You will see below the final details as we jumped straight to tougher measures in comparison to what Region 4 saw last week. Press...

Chamber Members: Two major things to review today. One on the good news side and the other on the unfortunate side. First, as eluded to last week a few times, our region will be going into mitigation mode after successive days of positivity rates. See below for full...

Chamber Members: It is Friday, so who’s ready for the weekend? We have a confirmed Democratic Presidential Nominee after Joe Biden accepted last night. The elections are just a short time away realistically. With that said, read below for the latest on the Post Office...

Chamber Members: More records broken today in Illinois! Not sure if that is a good thing or not, but it’s a record. Yesterday we reported COVID tests went over the 50,000 mark and then today that number hit 51,000+. Positive tests were less than yesterday though, so...

Chamber Members: A little bit of good news to share today rather than reporting the record number of tests (over 50,000) administered and most new cases since late May (2,295). Positivity rates remain steady however, slightly above 4% statewide and as a region we’re...

Chamber Members: This is probably going to be somewhat of a quiet week outside of the post office issues as talks in Washington DC have basically ended. There is a small glimmer of hope though on revival as you’ll read below. Also, some temporary measures have been...

Chamber Members: We are back at it on a gloomy Monday. Hopefully, all had an enjoyable weekend. The Governor had to make a new announcement for those in Illinois down by St. Louis as you’ll read below. Also, chaos in the USPS is creating a stir in DC. In case you...