Press Releases

Sep 14 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS CELEBRATES LATINO BUSINESSES DURING NATIONAL “SUPPORT LATINO BUSINESS DAY”
Sep 10 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces $50 Million Rebuild Illinois Main Street and Downtown Capital Program
Sep 9 2021 - INTERSECT ILLINOIS ANNOUNCES DAN SEALS TO SERVE AS NEW CEO
Aug 24 2021 - GOV. PRITZKER AND COINFLIP ANNOUNCE CHICAGO EXPANSION AND HISTORIC NEW HEADQUARTERS AT OLD POST OFFICE
Aug 11 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces $250 Million Back To Business Grant Program To Accelerate Small Business Recovery Across Illinois
Aug 10 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES $10 MILLION GRANTS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT NEW AND EXISTING TOURISM ATTRACTIONS AND FESTIVALS ACROSS ILLINOIS
Aug 6 2021 - GOV. PRITZKER LAUNCHES ILLINOIS WORKS TRAINING PROGRAM, WITH $10 MILLION TO EXPAND PRE-APPRENTICESHIPS STATEWIDE
Aug 2 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS TO CELEBRATE BLACK BUSINESS MONTH IN AUGUST
Jul 22 2021 - Pritzker Administration Announces $742 Million in COVID-19 Relief Now Available to Illinois Small Local Governments
Jul 14 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $200,000 IN BROADBAND READY GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL BROADBAND ENGAGEMENT, ANNOUNCES $250,000 IN NEW FUNDING
Jul 14 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS JOINS AMSINO MEDICAL GROUP TO CELEBRATE COMPANY’S NEW NORTH AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION HUB IN AURORA
Jul 13 2021 - GOV. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION EXPANSION OF APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS IN ILLINOIS
Jul 2 2021 - Pritzker Administration Announces $9 Million Investment in Community Navigator Program to Accelerate Small Business Economic Recovery
Jul 1 2021 - ILLINOIS RANKS 1 IN SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE’S ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY RANKINGS
Jun 30 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS JOINS FERRARA TO MARK OPENING OF $100 MILLION DEKALB DISTRIBUTION COMPLEX
Jun 28 2021 - Pritzker Administration Joins The Will Group to Celebrate Opening of the K-Town Business Centre in North Lawndale
Jun 23 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS ANNOUNCE $150,000 IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BROADBAND PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Jun 7 2021 - STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS ATTRACT GLOBAL INVESTMENT TO ILLINOIS AT 2021 SELECTUSA SUMMIT
May 25 2021 - Illinois Office of Tourism Promotes New ‘Time for Me to Drive’ Road Trip Itineraries in Advance of National Road Trip Day
May 17 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces $1.5 Billion in Housing Assistance for Illinois Renters and Landlords Hit Hardest by COVID-19
May 14 2021 - Wabash Communications and State of Illinois Kick Off $3.2 Million Investment to Expand Broadband Connectivity for Unserved Parts of Clay County
May 12 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces, “Time For Me to Drive” Campaign to Jumpstart Tourism in Illinois This Summer
May 11 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS JOINS MAGICK WOODS PLANS TO ANNOUNCE EXPANSION OF NORTH AMERICAN OPERATIONS, CREATE NEW JOBS IN AURORA
May 11 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PROGRAM ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH COVID-19 EMERGENCY RELIEF
May 7 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Joins Lion Electric to Announce Company’s Plans to Bring First-Ever U.S. Manufacturing Facility to Illinois
May 6 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IN ILLINOIS
May 4 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS CELEBRATES WORLD TRADE MONTH AND ANNOUNCES VIRTUAL TRADE MISSIONS TO HELP ILLINOIS BUSINESSES BOOST EXPORTING
Apr 30 2021 - AZ POLYMERS ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT IN GURNEE, ILLINOIS WITH PLANS TO EXPAND AND CREATE NEW JOBS FOR COMMUNITY
Apr 28 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces $15M Investment to Create Two State of the Art Manufacturing Training Academies Downstate
Apr 22 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Issues Earth Day Executive Orders to Protect Consumers and Advance Clean Energy Efforts in Illinois
Apr 14 2021 - State of Illinois, City of Chicago Announce Kimberly-Clark’s Plans to Bring Jobs, North American Commercial Center to Chicago’s Fulton Market District in 2022
Apr 7 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Joins Blackhawks and Rockford Officials to Announce $23 Million BMO Harris Bank Center Capital Renovation
Apr 5 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $18 MILLION IN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
Mar 19 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS, LISC AND CNI ANNOUNCE FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF REBUILD DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
Mar 17 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES A RECORD 41,000 BUSINESSES SERVED BY STATEWIDE NETWORK OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN 2020
Mar 8 2021 - STATE JOINS THE CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD IN URGING LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MORE THAN $100 MILLION IN FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Mar 8 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES 13 ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES TO RECEIVE HOUSING REHABILITATION GRANTS
Feb 25 2021 - Gov. Pritzker Announces $11 Million in Rebuild Illinois Capital Grants to Fuel Economic Development Projects Around the State
Feb 24 2021 - GOV. PRITZKER ANNOUNCES $4 MILLION INVESTMENT TO EXPAND CAREER TRAINING FOR AT-RISK YOUTH IN ILLINOIS
Feb 3 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS AND ASCM LAUNCH FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND TRAINING PROGRAM TO PREPARE RESIDENTS FOR JOBS FUELED BY GROWING E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY
Feb 1 2021 - STATE OF ILLINOIS KICKS OFF BLACK HISTORY MONTH BY HOSTING EVENTS, RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE BLACK BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Jan 22 2021 - Delivering on Key Equity Goal, Pritzker Administration Awards $31.5 Million in First Ever Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Grants to Organizations Across the State
Jan 22 2021 - PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION INVESTS OVER $3 MILLION IN COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS AND OTHER SUPPORTS TO HELP ILLINOIS SMALL BUSINESSES ACCESS PPP AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Jan 22 2021 - Governor Pritzker Announces Initial Launch of Phase 1B of the COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Plan
Jan 8 2021 - GOVERNOR PRITZKER ANNOUNCES $275 MILLION PROVIDED TO HARD HIT BUSINESSES ACROSS ILLINOIS THROUGH LARGEST IN THE NATION GRANT RECOVERY PROGRAM