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.