The Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) is seeking support for the RISE Act (House Bill 0801 and Senate Bill 2490) to provide a tax incentive to Illinois businesses that retain and hire new employees.
Following United States President Joseph R. Biden’s signing the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law on March 12, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced extended deferment periods for all Coronavirus (COVID-19) federal disaster loans until 2022.
In her March 11 speech to the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors, new U.S. Chamber President and CEO Suzanne Clark laid out her vision to advance the Chamber’s mission to create jobs and stimulate economic growth.
United States President Joseph R. Biden on March 12 is scheduled to sign into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan federal relief package for individual, businesses and governmental bodies suffering the negative economic impact from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemics, including $14 billion to distribute vaccines.
More than 150 business leaders representing 29 suburban chambers of commerce and industry, along with local government officials, participated in the 19th Annual Multi-Chamber Economic Outlook via Zoom video conferencing from Westmont Village Hall on March 3, featuring Anna Paulson of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as a first-time Keynote Speaker.
Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry President and CEO John Quigley today (March 5) joined RESPECT ELMHURST, a friends group formed for the purpose of promoting kindness, respect, and civility in all forms of Elmhurst’s interpersonal communication.
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry today (March 2) signed onto the United States Chamber of Commerce’s coalition letter urging the U.S. Congress to extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) application deadline from March 31 to December 31.
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been recognized by the United States Census Bureau as an “invaluable” member of the 2020 Census Community Partnership and Engagement Program for our Chamber’s support of the City of Elmhurst Complete Count Committee’s Everyone Counts, Elmhurst! campaign.
The Governmental Affairs Committee of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry is sharing information on the next phase of the City of Elmhurst’s dowtown Metra Station Improvement Project, as follows:
With the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry among some 140 supporting signatories, the United States Chamber of Commerce and Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) today launched the “Build by the Fourth of July” campaign, urging members of U.S. Congress to enact a fiscally and environmentally responsible infrastructure package by the Fourth of July 2021.
As a result of declining Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic case metrics, Region 8 (including DuPage County) has moved out of Tiered Mitigations and fully into Restore Illinois Phase 4, effective immediately.
With the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce and Industry among 580 supporting signatories, the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) today sent a coalition letter to U.S. Congress members urging them to consider including targeted and temporary liability protections in the next Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic relief package.