News & Announcements

Chamber Members: The House was able to gather enough members back to Washington D.C. today to vote on the CARES Act and it passed earlier today. President Trump has now signed the CARES Act, marking it the third legislative package approved by Congress in order to...

Chamber Members: Hope you’re having a good Thursday. The Dow continues to climb and so do unemployment claims, up over 3 million last week. We’ll share the final Phase 3 stimulus / the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act information below as we...

Chamber Members: We hope you have enjoyed a sunny day so far for Wednesday. The Senate finally came up with final terms early this morning. As of 4 pm it seems as if there is a last minute hold-up though centered around language concerning unemployment benefits. We’ll...

Chamber Members: We hope that today’s update finds you all happy and healthy. Please continue to share with us any announcements, questions, issues, or just uplifting stories that we can share with fellow members! Here is your update for Tuesday, March 24. The Dow has...

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Chamber Members: Here are updates for Friday, March 20th. We shared earlier the information and link to the application for a Small Business Administration loan. Here it is again: disasterloan.sba.gov . We awaited the much rumored announcement of a “shelter in place”...

All Illinois small businesses can now apply for disaster loans The SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides low-interest loans of up to $2 million to small businesses and private non-profits affected by the coronavirus pandemic. These working capital loans...

Chamber Members: We hope that everyone is doing as well as possible in these times. Here are updates for Thursday, March 19. The State of Illinois has posted a new web site to provide updated information and covers all of the executive orders from the Governor. Visit...

Chamber Members: We hope that you are all staying healthy during this time of tremendous change. In an effort to make sure that you are all receiving as much helpful information about the Coronavirus and its impact on businesses and organizations, we have set up a web...