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RETAIL: The Largest Employer In Illinois
Monday, Mar 17, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] Retail creates more jobs in Illinois than any other private sector employer, with one out of every four workers employed by the retail sector. Importantly, retail is an industry in which everyone, regardless of credentials, can find a viable career path. Retailers like the Mikol family enrich our economy and strengthen our communities. We Are Retail and IRMA showcase the retailers who make Illinois work.
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Pass HB 2507 Because Nursing Home Care Can’t Wait
Monday, Mar 17, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] This past week marked the 5-year anniversary of the state’s COVID lockdown—and as SEIU Healthcare Executive VP Erica Bland put it in her Sun-Times op-ed on Thursday, “Far too many front-line (nursing home) workers, including members of our union, and the residents they cared for lost their lives to COVID.” A significant percentage of Illinois nursing homes went into the pandemic short staffed, and—five years on—staffing levels have yet to improve. Despite the fact that nursing homes know how many direct care hours are required to meet resident needs, our research based on available state reports reveals that nearly one in five nursing homes is staffed below the legal minimum on most days. This is despite the historic legislation that care advocates and our members fought to secure with groundbreaking safe staffing enforcement measures AND $240 million per year in additional funds for hiring more staff. Left unaddressed, this care crisis is only going to get worse—the number of adults over 65 in Illinois is set to nearly double by 2060. That’s why it’s crucial we pass HB 2507 which mandates that 90% of state funding received by nursing homes for care actually goes into direct care. Addressing dangerously low staffing levels can’t wait. And for the many seniors currently going without needed services—Care Can’t Wait. Support HB 2507.
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Stop Credit Card Chaos In Illinois
Friday, Mar 14, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] A last-minute provision called the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (IFPA) was snuck into the budget process last May and will create chaos for small businesses and consumers across Illinois if it takes effect on July 1, 2025. The IFPA gives corporate mega-stores like Walmart and Home Depot — who pushed for this backroom deal — millions more in profits, while small business owners get new expenses and accounting headaches. What’s more, consumers could be forced to pay for parts of their transactions in cash if this law moves forward. A recent court ruling in the litigation challenging the law suggests IFPA is likely pre-empted by federal law for national banks and will only apply to credit unions and local Illinois banks, putting local banks at a disadvantage against their national competitors. Illinois lawmakers should repeal the IFPA and focus on protecting small businesses and consumers across the state — not lining the pockets of corporate mega-stores. Stop the countdown to chaos by supporting a repeal of this misguided and flawed policy. Learn more at https://guardyourcard.com/illinois/ 
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Intoxicating Hemp: No safety? No thanks!
Friday, Mar 14, 2025 - Posted by Advertising Department [The following is a paid advertisement.] A federal loophole has led to a booming gray market across Illinois for intoxicating hemp products, which use synthetics to alter the composition of hemp to get consumers high. This is happening outside the structure of the state’s legal cannabis industry. This means intoxicating hemp faces NO quality testing, NO age restrictions, NO packaging requirements, NO potency rules, and NO taxes to fund programs in communities impacted by the War on Drugs. Most intoxicating hemp products aren’t even produced in Illinois. By contrast, Illinois cannabis businesses face extensive rules and regulations to operate, with products tracked from seed to sale. When consumers purchase legal cannabis grown and processed in Illinois, they know their products are safe. Hemp and cannabis come from the same plant. Both products can get users high. Why the different rules? Illinois already has a system in place to regulate hemp – it’s called the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. It’s time for Illinois to close the intoxicating hemp loophole.
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