With Gift-In-Kind sponsorship from the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Illinois State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-23rd District) will host his annual Job Fair at the Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park on Wednesday, August 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Even before July 1—when the State of Illinois doubled its motor fuel tax from 19 cents to 38 cents per gallon to help fund $45 billion in transportation infrastructure projects—Elmhurst residents and business were already curb deep in road construction projects.
Happy Fourth of July week!!! If you’re driving for this holiday weekend, be aware that the State of Illinois doubled its motor fuel tax from 19 cents to 38 cents per gallon, effective today, to help fund $45 billion in transportation infrastructure projects. The state gas tax now will increase automatically based on the rate of inflation.
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry today joined fellows chambers of commerce across the country by signing on to the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Letter to the U.S. Congress (see below) in support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement.
Edward-Elmhurst Health has been named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems by IBM Watson Health. Edward-Elmhurst was one of five systems recognized in the Medium Health Systems category.
Building on nearly 150 years of preparing students for successful careers and lives, Elmhurst College will change its name to Elmhurst University, effective June 30, 2020.
The Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and fellow chambers across the country signed on to the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Amicus Brief to uphold the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Association Healthcare Plan (AHP) guidelines over a U.S. Distrcit Court ruling.
Racing up to the May 31 Illinois General Assembly session deadline and then through last weekend’s overtime, both the House of Representatives and Senate passed ground-breaking legislation to expand gambling, legalize cannabis use and sales (marijuana), change the state’s Constitution to allow a graduated income tax and fund $45 billion in transportation infrastructure projects—all supported by first-year Governor J.B. Pritzker and integral to his $40 million state budget proposal.
Some 90 entries marched in the 101st Elmhurst Memorial Daya Parade through downtown Elmhurst on May 27, followed by the Post-Parade Military Ceremony at the Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park.
Abraham Lincoln (as portrayed by Kevin Wood), America’s President during the Civil War, will march in Elmhurst’s 101st Annual Memorial Day Parade through downtown Elmhurst on Monday, May 27, at 9:30 a.m. and then speak at the Post-Parade Military Ceremony at the Veterans’ Memorial in Wilder Park at 11 a.m.
In conjunction with Elmhurst’s 101st Memorial Day Parade, True Patriots Care will stage a patriotic display of more than 400 American flags—honoring service members from Illinois killed in action since September 11, 2001—in the Wilder Park on the lawn east of the Wilder Mansion from Thursday through Monday, May 23-27.