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FILE - This July 2, 2009 file photo shows the Archer Daniels Midland Company logo on a tanker truck at the ADM plant in Decatur, Ill. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 1, 2013 file photo shows the exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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In this May 14, 2014 photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, testifies during a committee hearing at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Linda Mayrose, owner of the building housing Property Pros in downtown Le Mars, Iowa, is shown in front of the real estate company Thursday, May 1, 2014. Mayrose is planning to apply for some the $500,000 in community development block grant money the city was awarded for business facade improvements. Mayrose said she plans to remove the tin siding on the upper front of the building.(AP Photo/Sioux City Journal, Tim Hynds)
