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.
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.
On Monday, May 27, thousands of patriotic citizens will line the streets throughout downtown Elmhurst and along the way to the Veterans Memorial in Wilder Park for the 101st edition of Elmhurst’s Memorial Day Parade—marking our community’s start of a second century to “Always Remember” our nation’s military men and women.
I am e-mailing my President’s Message for April 2019 to you a weekend early to avoid any April Fool’s Day confusion. No fooling.
Businesspeople (including numerous Chamber members) and students gathered today in the Frick Center at Elmhurst College for “The ABCS of Gens Y and Z” workshop designed to better connect employers with their workforce younger than Gen X.