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Pritzker signs onto letter addressing PJM Interconnection’s record-high capacity prices

CHICAGO- On October 30, 2024, Governor JB Pritzker joined Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and Delaware Governor John Carney in issuing a letter to PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for Northern Illinois and the aforementioned states. The governors have called on PJM to take urgent action to address the increasing cost of electricity bills after the record-high prices coming out of the region’s capacity auction.

November 4, 2024 No Comments

Liberty Justice Center Urges Court to Halt Illinois Ban on Employer Speech

On October 30, the Liberty Justice Center filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its legal challenge to Senate Bill 3649 (SB 3649), Illinois’ recently enacted employer speech ban. The motion urges the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to grant an order prohibiting the state from enacting and enforcing SB 3649 while litigation continues.

October 31, 2024 No Comments

Illinois’ “Worker Freedom of Speech Act” Is Actually an Employer Speech Ban

The Liberty Justice Center Challenges Employer Censorship Law

October 15, 2024 No Comments

LaHood, HPSCI Republicans Sound Alarm on Temu, Request Briefing from FBI and SEC

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Subcommittee on NSA & Cyber and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member, led his Intelligence Committee Republican colleagues to request a briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) on the growing national security and personal data concerns surrounding the CCP-linked entity Temu and their parent company, Pinduoduo (PDD).

September 25, 2024 No Comments

Op-Ed: The burden of stacked costs on Illinois manufacturers

As the economic landscape in Illinois becomes increasingly challenging, small businesses – particularly manufacturers – are finding it more difficult to thrive. The phenomenon of “stacked costs” has become a significant hurdle, imposing financial burdens that stifle growth, innovation, and job creation

September 18, 2024 No Comments

House votes to ban Gotion’s EV batteries from Homeland Security

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would prohibit electric-vehicle batteries from Gotion and several other foreign companies from being used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

September 11, 2024 No Comments

TMA Legislative Scorecard shows state lawmakers that fully support small & midsize manufacturing

SCHAUMBURG, IL – In their newly released 2023 Legislative Scorecard, the Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) reports 32 lawmakers in the Illinois House and Senate voted 100% in line with small and midsize manufacturers on 7 key pieces of legislation that impacts manufacturing.

September 3, 2024 No Comments

State Legislators Visit TMA Member Superior Joining Technologies

MACHESNEY PARK, IL – Last Friday, Teresa Beach-Shelow and her husband Thom (center and center left in photo) hosted a tour of their small manufacturing

August 27, 2024 No Comments

TMA’s 2023 Legislative Scorecard

SCHAUMBURG – Every year, the Technology & Manufacturing Association reports to its members bills that the Illinois General Assembly voted upon. In 2023, from the Spring opening session to the 2023 veto session in January 2024, TMA kept track of bills that directly affect small and midsize manufacturers in Illinois.

August 26, 2024 No Comments

TMA’S Advocacy Team Efforts Grow in 2023

SCHAUMBURG – Over the past year, the Technology & Manufacturing Association’s Advocacy Team has been pursuing legislative and media efforts to stir interest in the industry and the public’s dependency on robust manufacturing and a strong supply chain.

August 26, 2024 No Comments

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