From the City of Chicago: Information on Chicago Reopening Guidelines Mayor Lightfoot recently released industry-specific guidelines for businesses, employees, and customers to follow as the city prepares to begin safely reopening. Industry-specific guidelines include details such as how businesses can engage in healthy interactions between workers and customers, how to maintain safe working spaces and conditions, […]
Category: 2021
Blind Americans face roadblocks booking online vaccine appointments
Blind Americans face roadblocks booking online vaccine appointments “This has been a real rough year for folks with the kinds of disabilities that affect computer and internet use,” one expert said. March 13, 2021, 5:02 AM CST By Haley Messenger Chris Reighard, a 62-year-old retired employee of the Arkansas Division of Services for the Blind who […]
News About NLS BARD Mobile
From Top Tech Tidbits NLS BARD Confirms That BARD No Longer Supports Any Version of iOS Earlier Than 11.0 NLS staff worked hard to find a way around this situation, but after an exhaustive search, we have found none. We realize that, especially in these difficult times, this poses a very real hardship for some […]
Progress Made on Unmerchantable Product Tax Credit
Progress Made on Unmerchantable Product Tax Credit NAMA and the Perishable Food Coalition made significant progress this week in efforts to secure a tax credit for operators to take for the cost of products that expired during COVID-19 shutdowns. On Friday, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 […]
Blind vendors among NATSO cohort urging Congress to oppose commercialization of highway rest areas
Blind vendors among NATSO cohort urging Congress to oppose commercialization of highway rest areas NATSO Inc. Feb 26th, 2021 NATSO Inc. this week urged lawmakers to oppose efforts to commercialize interstate rest areas as Congress considers infrastructure legislation, according to a press release. Alexandria, VA-based NATSO represents truck stops and travel plazas, and a diverse coalition […]
ICBV Member Notice
Members please click on Agendas and Minutes under categories it is either to the right, or on mobile, at the bottom. Next on the new window click on read more to log in. Contact icbv@sbcglobal.net if you need assistance. Once logged in new categories open, one for each Committee. Click on Committee name to just […]
Washington proposes statewide tax on sweetened beverages
Washington proposes statewide tax on sweetened beverages Feb 24th, 2021 Washington state is exploring a statewide sweetened beverage tax, similar to the tax on sweetened beverages introduced by Seattle 2017. The Seattle tax, which in 2018 passed the city council, put a 1.75¢ per fluid ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages distributed in the city, […]
New Dialing Procedure for Customers within 217 Area Code
Illinois e-News Release New Dialing Procedure for Customers within 217 Area Code Springfield, IL – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) today reminded residential and business customers that, beginning February 27, 2021, mandatory dialing will occur where all local calls made within the Illinois 217 Area Code will have to be placed using the 10-digit telephone […]
Biden changes PPP qualifications; firms with fewer than 20 employees to get exclusive access for 2 weeks
Biden changes PPP qualifications; firms with fewer than 20 employees to get exclusive access for 2 weeks White House Feb 22nd, 2021 President Joe Biden is announcing changes to the main U.S. coronavirus aid program for small businesses to try to reach smaller and minority-owned businesses. The Biden administration said that for two weeks starting […]
Shared by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky VACCINE APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
VACCINE APPOINTMENT INFORMATION Illinois and Suburban Cook County are currently distributing vaccines to eligible individuals in phases 1A and 1B (Health Care workers, senior citizens, those with underlying medical conditions, as well as some groups of frontline essential workers). The City of Chicago is currently prioritizing phase 1A (health care workers and senior citizens) and […]