by John Conrad | Mar 27, 2020 | iBIO News, Policy News
The Care Act has a number of provisions to support our startup ecosystem in Illinois, including a major small business loan program to help our emerging companies keep the lights on and their employees working during this difficult financial time – loans that, subject...
by John Conrad | Mar 26, 2020 | COVID, Policy News
Title-By-Title Summary Prepared By The Office Of Vice Chairman Leahy (D-Vt.) The appropriations division of the Senate’s bipartisan coronavirus aid and economic relief agreement contains $330 billion in new funding to address the needs of the American people as we...
by John Conrad | Mar 13, 2020 | Policy News
From BIO: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted regulatory changes to provide small public companies with a temporary exemption from Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance. 404(b) requires public companies to report on the internal controls they have in...
by John Conrad | Jan 20, 2020 | Policy News
Yesterday the Senate convened to formally elect Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, as Senate President for the remainder of the 101st Illinois General Assembly, effective immediately. Harmon, 53, was born and raised in Oak Park, he has represented the 39th District...
by John Conrad | Dec 20, 2019 | iBIO News, Policy News
Days before it was going to go into effect, both houses of Congress have now passed the 2020 federal spending package, which includes a provision to permanently repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax. iBIO applauds the full repeal of the medical device tax which...
by John Conrad | Dec 10, 2019 | iBIO News, Policy News
Last night in a speech at the Economic Club of Chicago, Mayor Lightfoot discussed her 10 year economic development strategy for Chicago focusing on seven industry clusters. The clusters are split into two main categories. Foundational clusters includes industries like...
