SCHAUMBURG, IL – Small and midsize manufacturers voiced their strong opposition this week to a bill under consideration in Springfield that would impose a 1.12% tax on employee paychecks to fund a state-run program to give employees up to 27 weeks of paid leave (up to 18 weeks of paid family or medical leave per year, plus up to 9 additional weeks for pregnancy).
SPRINGFIELD – With all-out effort to bring more and more manufacturing back into the US, the need for team members to consider the industry as
The bi-partisan 2025 Small and Midsize Manufacturers Caucus consists of the foollowing members of the Illinois General Assembly as of April 28, 2025
SCHAUMBURG – Illinois is home to a sizeable number of small and midsize manufacturers – and an effort is underway to increase those numbers as
Published April 8, 2025 Oxnard, California – Haas Automation is in the process of studying the full impact of tariffs on our operations. In recent
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.
