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Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday she has “great plans for re-introducing Chicago to the nation” mid-summer and into the fall that includes a “reunion weekend” to encourage African Americans who have fled Chicago to “come back home.” Lightfoot offered a sneak peek at her plans to rebuild a Chicago economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic while moderating a virtual panel she called “Cup of Joe.” It was a local, Inauguration Day version of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, and featured Chicago business and community leaders and activists dis...

Zoom Press Conference For Illinois restaurateurs, when they say help is needed to stay in business, they don't mean sometime next month. They mean immediately. "We just need something to get across the finish line before the end of the year," Sam Toia, president of the Illinois Restaurant Association, said during a virtual town hall meeting Friday with Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.  "We can't wait until the new administration takes office. We need short-term relief. Now." Toia backed up that urgent plea with some statistics from a recent survey of Illinois restaurant owners conduc...