Chamber Members: Happy Tuesday! What a nice day it is. Let’s take a look today about more revolving around the federal funding proposal now known as the HEALS Act. Also, a few items to take a step back at and possibly be surprised at. Democratic Response to HEALS Act...
Chamber Members: It’s Monday and after a number of delays, we finally have a public proposal from Republicans in Congress. The stage has officially been set for this long-awaited showdown on who gets what they want in a small amount of negotiation time for something...
Chamber Members: Hope you all enjoyed the week and look forward to the last week of July coming up. Hard to believe sometimes we are heading into August. Today we will share the usual end of week unemployment report, as well as some information on the importance of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...