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Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times McCormick Place will reawaken from its 14-month, pandemic-induced slumber with the July 15 return of the Chicago Auto Show — and Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her goal is to get the city “fully open” by July 4. “I am working night and day toward this goal. … I need you to continue to be on this journey with us. And that means getting vaccinated now — as soon as possible,” Lightfoot told reporters Tuesday morning at McCormick Place, where details of the auto show return were announced. Lea este artículo en español en , un servicio presentado por AARP...

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Fighting for a seat Who runs N.J.? It’s still mostly men. Powerful boards lack women, despite Murphy’s pledge for diversity. Published on May 02, 2021 Some states have laws requiring or encouraging state boards and commissions to have a 50/50 split between men and women. New Jersey is not one of them. Twitter Share At her first meeting as a new commissioner of the state Sports and Exposition Authority, Karen Kessler said officials handed her a gift. It was a men’s necktie. “What am I supposed to with this?” Kessler recalls saying. The neckties, featuring the logo of the Sports and ...

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE STATE IN THE GREAT ILLINOIS EXODUS oh wait n/m. - dan l - If you’d stop “yelling” and use your words like an adult and not in a drive by screech you’d make more sense. To the post, It’s the damaging ways this pandemic caused city and state problems should be a no brainer that economic help from the feds was needed and necessary. Yet… the politicizing of aid to states, even our own Trumpkin members of congress voting against state aid make these type of revelations even more damaging beyond the dollars lost.

Associated Press The pandemic-induced shutdown of Chicago conventions has already cost the city and state $233.8 million in lost tax revenue and the red ink at McCormick Place will keep piling up until fiscal 2024, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority board was told Tuesday. McCormick Place held its last convention on March 6, 2020. Since then, losses have been staggering: 230 canceled events that would have drawn 3.4 million attendees; 2.2 million lost hotel room nights; $3.05 billion in lost economic impact; and $233.8 million in lost state and city taxes. Even with widespread di...