Faison’s career in theater, film and television spans nearly five decades. He credits the late pastor Sidney W. Williams Sr. of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church with instilling in him a love of performing.
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The electric automaker Rivian already has raised billions of dollars from the likes of Amazon and Ford. Why would it want to go public?
That’s the big question from a Bloomberg report that Rivian is talking to bankers about doing an initial public offering, or IPO, as soon as September. The IPO would value Rivian at about $50 billion and perhaps more, according to Bloomberg. WGLT has not been able to independently confirm Rivian’s IPO plans; a company spokesperson declined to comment on the report.
There are upsides and downsides for a young company like Rivian going public.
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Constantina Navarrete grew up helping her father farm corn, beans and squash in southern Mexico.
She grew up poor, she said, and everyone around her had the same dream: to have a better life in the United States. She never dreamed she’d someday have her own business there.
Navarrete and her husband, Adolfo, own El Porton Taqueria in Bloomington. Navarette shared the story of their journey to the U.S. and their struggles to open the restaurant Tuesday night during “It’s All in the Salsa: Mexican Stories of McLean County.”
The virtual event was the first in a new speaker series from the McLean County Museum of History called “Breaking Bread in McLean County,” exploring what it means to be an immigrant through the lens of food.