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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to require liquor, grocery and convenience stores to cut off liquor sales at 10 p.m. is “not written in stone,” a top mayoral aide said Thursday, opening the door to pushing back the deadline or eliminating it entirely.
“The hours that are in this package that is an introduction. … This is a starting point. … This is not a closed door. This is not a done deal,” Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Commissioner Rosa Escareno told the Sun-Times.
“I’m not gonna predict where we land. But it’s definitely gonna be a dialogue and a conversation. … I want to hear the businesses. I embrace what they’re telling me. … But we have to make the issues that our residents are bringing us … central to this conversation.”
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely gather maskless in most settings, indoors or out.
But will the immunized be allowed to ditch the masks inside Chicago bars and restaurants? Not quite yet.
City officials on Friday said they expect to “broadly follow” the CDC’s new bare-faced guidelines, but local officials are still ordering face coverings to stay on at establishments while they work out a new set of business regulations with the state.
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By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
Illinois businesses hit by losses because of government COVID-19 restrictions could collectively be on the hook for half-a-billion dollars in tax liabilities if Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets his way. There’s growing opposition.
Pritzker said Wednesday the lame-duck session underway in Springfield should decouple the state tax code from a recent federal change to lower tax liabilities for businesses hurt during the pandemic.
“That would essentially deprive Illinois of revenues that it otherwise should get and it’s literally a technical fix,” he said.
Friday his administration said the fix would increase the state’s coffers by half-a-billion dollars.
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The grant program for small businesses owners in Illinois who suffered losses during the pandemic has run out of money.
Illinois’ Business Interruption Grant program was the largest state program of its kind, but only about 20 percent, or 8,974 applicants, received a grant.
The Illinois General Assembly created the program using federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, money. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity helped administer the program, and awarded more than $275 million since the first round of grants were issued in August.
DCEO Director Erin Guthrie said this particular set of federal dollars has been exhausted, but the department continues to look for ways to help businesses statewide.
Businesses struggling with pandemic could be on hook for $500M tax increase by Greg Bishop, The Center Square | January 11, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article
Illinois businesses hit by losses because of government COVID-19 restrictions could collectively be on the hook for half-a-billion dollars in tax liabilities if Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets his way. There’s growing opposition.
Pritzker said Wednesday the lame-duck session underway in Springfield should decouple the state tax code from a recent federal change to lower tax liabilities for businesses hurt during the pandemic.
“That would essentially deprive Illinois of revenues that it otherwise should get and it’s literally a technical fix,” he said.