News & Announcements

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A couple of announcements out of the Governor’s office in today’s roundup for upcoming funding. Also, some information on two topics surely to be in the news during...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Take a look at today’s roundup for some information regarding grants awarded to local hotels, restaurants, and art programs. There is a new report on an old topic of...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: In a remarkable turn of events, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was unseated from his position on Tuesday by a small fraction of House Republicans. This...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The House and Senate are pushing forward with their own, separate government funding plans today. The Senate on Tuesday unveiled and advanced a bipartisan measure...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Tensions in the House GOP over how to avoid — or not avoid — a potential government shutdown is coming to a boil, with frustrations spilling over into public jabs...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: The state veto session is around the corner and opinions are starting to be shared on what the main topics of interest will be. Task forces have also been formed to...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: In an effort to not continually spend time with long updates that sound the same week to week, here’s the story … the federal funding picture has not changed....

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Today we look at information about pensions and rent control here in Illinois. On the federal level, the latest on a potential government shutdown and a survey on...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: Governor Pritzker has had a busy summer signing and vetoing bills passed from the general assembly. See below for the latest. Also, the most recent news on federal...

Government Affairs Roundup "Your Timely Roundup of Local, State, and Federal Updates" Chamber members: A short update today. A group from our Government Affairs committee will be planning a trip to Washington, D.C. at the end of October to meet with elected officials....