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For 20 years as a physical therapist with a large corporation, Denise Smith worked hard to help hurting people. She loved working with people, but when she began climbing up the corporate ladder into managerial ...
The very week the COVID lockdown hit Illinois, Rene Hernandez Jr. began filing paperwork to launch a small business. “Who starts a business when a pandemic is hitting? We didn’t know what it all meant. ...
The company Peter Orum and his wife Irma started in 1969 now employs 300 people during Chicagoland’s growing season. The Orums planted Midwest Groundcovers’ roots into five acres in St. Charles, Illinois. 51 years later, ...
Amy Morgan, owner of Le Fleur Floral Design & Events in Washington, Illinois, says buying the business seven years ago was a “selfish decision” to pursue a childhood dream. But her dream wasn’t easy to ...
Nine years ago, Nicole Wolter and her father, Ken, came very close to closing down HM Manufacturing in Wauconda, Illinois. That year was one of toughest for the power transmission components business since Ken started ...
From TMA’s latest “Special Update:” There has been a drastic increase in the number of fraudulent unemployment claims affecting Illinois employers, including some TMA members. According Sedgwick CMS, there is little employees can do to ...
Chicago, IL- The Vote No on the Progressive Tax coalition announced this week that thirteen organizations have joined a growing coalition to defeat the progressive tax, including Illinois’ leading minority business groups, the Illinois State ...
By Dennis LaComb – As an association that represents small and mid-size manufacturers employing close to 33,000 individuals, the Technology and Manufacturing Association is deeply concerned about the dangerous progressive tax amendment Springfield politicians have ...
SCHAUMBURG – There are four good reasons to reject Governor Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal that will be on Illinois voters’ ballots in November, former State Senator Steve Rauschenberger (R-Elgin) says. “One, there’s a financial problem; ...
Update from the Technology & Manufacturing Association President Steve Rauschenberger on March 30, 2020 – I wanted to update you on two important issues. FIRST – The US Department of Labor has issued guidance on the ...
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