ELK GROVE VILLAGE – In Chicago’s western suburbs near O’Hare Airport is a village that boasts about its world-class data center and nationally-renowned manufacturing park.
TMA’s Advocacy Team visited with Mayor Craig Johnson, who shared some of the village’s insights and rationale for catering to businesses.
SCHAUMBURG – It’s been four years since the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) shared with their members the results of their 2021 Municipal Questionnaires for mayoral candidates.
The 2025 election will be held April 1, and in total, 29 candidates responded to TMA’s query this year.
BEYOND PRITZKER’S NAZI COMMENTS….
Yes, Gov. Pritzker compared the Trump Administration to Nazis in his Budget Address. That red meat played well with the national media and “far-left.” But that certainly wasn’t the focus for progressives under the Capitol Dome in Springfield after the governor’s speech….
SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) responded today to Governor JB Pritzker’s 2025 budget address, expressing concerns that small and midsize businesses will again bear the brunt of funding the state’s budget deficit:
SCHAUMBURG – Illinois U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood visited online in February with TMA News Editor Fran Eaton and TMA Advocacy Team’s Rich Carter to discuss several issues of importance to the Association’s members. The topic that was most pertinent at the time was President Donald Trump’s propositions to resume the use of trade tariffs.
A House lawmaker said something interesting to me last year. He said when he arrived as a new lawmaker, he thought there would be huge coordination in Springfield among supermajority Democrats in each chamber and a Democrat Governor. After a while, he said, “I looked behind the curtain and there was no one there.” He was shocked there was no grand wizard planning in a coordinated way.
About a dozen new Illinois laws set to take effect Jan. 1 impact employers.
SCHAUMBURG – An array of topics, from election results to immigration and energy, were covered in a webinar discussion with Illinois Republican House Leader Tony McCombie earlier this week with TMA Advocacy Team members David Curtin and Rich Carter.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association has signed on as a second plaintiff on behalf of small and midsize manufacturers to the Liberty Justice Center’s lawsuit against Public Act 103-0722 (SB 3649), which prohibits employers from discussing certain topics with employees.
(Valley Forge, PA – Oct. 14, 2024) – PJM Interconnection and its members have adequate resources to serve the forecasted demand for electricity this winter under expected conditions, although reserve margins continue to shrink with continued generator retirements and increasing demand.
