Season three of Escaping the Odds, a podcast about entrepreneurship for the formerly incarcerated, dropped Tuesday.
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The new face of DEI work
Tiffany Hudson and her partners are bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion to Chicago businesses their way.
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The ACLU wants the mayor and the City Council to amend the ‘Welcoming City’ ordinance for immigrants, and other Chicago news
Also, Governor Bruce Rauner gets a new chief of staff from a high-profile conservative group following the tense budget battle.
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Rauner doesn’t think the GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan will work in Illinois, and other Chicago news
Also, the Chicago Jewish Day School was evacuated because of a bomb threat.
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Caterpillar moving global headquarters to Chicago from Peoria, and other news
Also, wealth inequality between whites and minorities in Chicago is reportedly higher than the national average.
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Kim Foxx makes big change days after being sworn in as Cook County state’s attorney, and other Chicago news
Also, a CNBC host and entrepreneur has purchased a majority stake in Bow Truss coffee.
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Emanuel lobbied feds to approve airline merger, pocketed $53,000 campaign contribution
ProPublica reminds us what the ‘old’ Rahm was like.
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Hillary Clinton’s key local fund-raisers are raising millions, and other Chicago news
Also, Dennis Hastert appears to be the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to spend time behind bars.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Jon Sobieski, Spirit of America car-wash owner
This week’s Chicagoan: Jon Sobieski, car-wash owner: “We don’t hope for rainy days to get the cars dirty.”
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Heroin, LLC
The open-air drug market on the west side thrives in the same way that legal businesses do.
Posted inFood & Drink
Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?
Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?
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A new interest in the economy
On Obama’s coming jobs speech, another stimulus, and the need to bone up on economics.
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Indiana Pushing to Poach Illinois Businesses
Indiana is taking an aggressive approach to lure local businesses across the state line.
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Requiem for a Room
What to expect from the Sonotheque space in its new life as a Beauty Bar