State Representative La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) recently convened the Illinois House Small Business Committee to address the implementation of HB 3185. As a result of strong advocacy efforts by the Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC), HB 3185 was signed into law this past session requiring 10% of all state procurement contracts to be issued...
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Despite solid support and championship of HB 3236 by the Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) along with a strong coalition of other business groups and consumer organizations, the Illinois Senate adjourned on Thursday without addressing the legislation. HB 3236 implements health care cooperatives (co-ops) in an effort to control excessive health insurance costs that...
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The SBAC Health Care Committee, led by Steve Banke of 3Points, along with other dedicated SBAC members have been amazingly effective in pushing the Illinois Senate this veto session to pass HB 3236 to create small business health care co-ops. Click here to read the Small Business Advocacy Blog November 1, 2011 post for...
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