Coronavirus update for 7.23.2020 – Repulican Plan Emerges and State Eviction Ban
Chamber Members: Today’s update is going to be a little briefer than usual as a lot of today’s news is mainly recapping of the number of issues, we have discussed regarding the next federal funding phase. Republican Agreement Senate Republicans announced last night...
Coronavirus update for 7.22.2020 – News on Direct Payments, Unemployment Fraud, and more
Chamber Members: This update sincerely always attempts to share as much positive news as possible. Sometimes however, reality is that things these days on the COVID and economic front cannot always be promising. Here are a few comments from sources on the two days of...
Coronavirus update for 7.21.2020 – Update on Federal Funding, Main Street Lending, and SBA Debt Relief
Chamber Members: Today’s update is going to almost entirely be dedicated to the issues that being discussed in DC regarding the next phase of federal funding. This discussion is likely going to dominate the talk for a few weeks. This is only the beginning of the back...
Coronavirus Update for 7.20.2020 – Reopening Roll Backs, Federal Funding Asks, and Masks
Chamber Members: Happy Monday! It should be an interesting week as it is back to action in Washington D.C. and the minutes are ticking away to come to an agreement (hopefully) on the next phase of federal funding. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is supposed to...
Coronavirus update for 7.17.2020 – Social Security, Liability, and Masks
Chamber Members: The end of the week is here and so is the extreme heat. Make sure you all stay cool over the weekend as the heat index is predicted to be as high as 106 degrees. That will be the end of predictions for this update as the rest of the information below...
Coronavirus update for 7.16.2020 – Updates on Unemployment, CARES Act Local $, and other Funds
Chamber Members: It is Thursday, so that means our usual update on the unemployment numbers and job reports. It was a nice surprise yesterday to see the Governor split the regions up especially here for Will County to be removed from the Chicago/Cook County region....
Coronavirus update for 7.15.2020 – New COVID Regions & Talk of a Rollback
Chamber Members: Today is Wednesday, July 15 and that means it is the new Tax Day! 90 days after the usual set in stone day is just another item to add to the list of the unforeseen and craziness that this pandemic has brought. Hopefully, this will serve as a...
Coronavirus Update for 7.14.2020 – Reopening View, Program Expanding, and More
Chamber Members: Our update today will focus on reopening views from the Governor, program expansion and a newly signed bill, and more covering budgets, funding, and tax revenue. Reluctance to Roll Back Governor Pritzker suggested today that he is reluctant to dial...
Coronavirus update for 7.13.2020 – SBA Ends EIDL Advance, PPP Loan #’s, and More
Chamber Members: We hope you are getting your week off to a great start. This will be the last week of Congressional vacation before getting back to work. We are anticipating a lot of action and hopeful resolve on numerous topics that we have covered now for what...
Coronavirus update for 7.10.2020 – IDES Changes, Illinois Job #’s, and Virtual Invites
Chamber Members: Happy Friday as we all look forward to the weekend! One more week of vacation for our elected officials out in Washington D.C. and then we will look forward to a lot of action within a short period for a number of issues to be resolved. One new item...