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'Build Back Better' agenda should not punish small businesses
By Steve Rauschenberger Guest columnist Posted6/28/2021 1:00 AM Across the United States, small businesses are opening their doors once again and serving the needs of our communities. Yet here in Illinois, our unemployment rate is still lagging behind the rest of the country. We have the highest jobless rate of any Midwestern state with 433,000 Illinoisans still looking for work.
Biden's 'Build Back Better' agenda should not punish small businesses
Across the United States, small businesses are opening their doors once again and serving the needs of our communities. Yet here in Illinois, our unemployment rate is still lagging behind the rest of the country. We have the highest jobless rate of any Midwestern state with 433,000 Illinoisans still looking for work.
Preparing students to fill manufacturing 'skills gap'
By Steve Rauschenberger Technology & Manufacturing Association Updated 6/17/2021 11:00 AM The harrowing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have tested all of us over the past year-plus. The virus has changed our lives in ways we couldn't have guessed. Through it all, the workers of the manufacturing sector have persevered, showing up and continuing to perform their duties under difficult conditions.
Their View: Innovative tax Incentives provide solutions to state's unemployment woes
An opportunity exists with bipartisan support to rally around manufacturing by supporting the modern and permanent extensions of four critical tax incentives including the R&D tax credit, reform of the Manufacturers Purchase Credit (MPC), modification to the graphic arts sales tax exemption and a permanent coal, aggregate exploration, mining and off-highway sales tax exemption.
Their View: Innovative tax Incentives provide solutions to state’s unemployment woes
Illinois' unemployment rate rose again last month to 6.3 percent -- the fourth highest in the nation and well above the national average.
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