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Happy Thursday, Illinois. In a roller-coaster world of news, today s vaccination report from the governor will be coming from Six Flags.
TOP TALKER Rep. LIz Cheney from leadership
happened moments after Republicans said “amen” in a morning prayer. The action was so quick that numerous members, including Illinois Republican Reps.
At least a dozen top people in Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office have resigned or said they’re on their way out since late last year. Several positions have remained unfilled for weeks or months. Observers said it’s important to have capable people filling even lower-profile behind-the-scenes posts in order to keep the city running smoothly.
Michael Fassnacht will stay on as president and CEO of World Business Chicago, leading the city’s economic development arm as Chicago works to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fassnacht, 53, was hired as Chicago’s chief marketing officer, a new position Mayor Lori Lightfoot created, in April 2020. He was then tapped to serve the dual roles after Andrea Zopp left WBC for a job at Cleveland Avenue, a venture capital firm run by former McDonald s CEO Don Thompson, in December.
WBC pledged to start a national search for Zopp’s replacement just as the organization was rebuilding from its own cuts: revenues shrunk in recent years from $10.8 million in 2017 to $8.9 million in 2019. The city’s non-profit tourism arm, Choose Chicago, is simultaneously weakened just as the beginning of the COVID recovery is on the horizon.