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“Getting through and beyond economic recovery requires a steady grip, focus and expertise,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in the news release. “Michael brings that and more to the City of Chicago. Time and time again, Michael has demonstrated his passion for inclusive economic development and investment while simultaneously creating eye-catching and memorable marketing initiatives that center the authenticity of our residents.”
“Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period,” the company said in a statement. “Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal.”
Biden, who was a longtime Delaware senator, and McConnell have traded expressions of friendship, but their ability to find political common ground seems limited. In a capital where Democrats hold control by the slimmest of margins, it’s unclear whether they actually need each other to accomplish their political goals.
Alaska Airlines Capt. Brian Eyre goes through pre-flight preparations March 1, 2021, on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Boeing delivered just 17 planes in April, in part because of an electrical grounding issue affecting some Max jets. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
Drivers fill their tanks at the Speedway in East Ridge, Tenn., on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The concern over the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline has sparked lines at gas stations and empty pumps in the Chattanooga Area. (Matt Hamilton /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) (Matt Hamilton/AP)
Former Chicago Bears head coach Dick Jauron and his wife, Gail, are poised to sell their four-bedroom, 3,204-square-foot duplex town home in Lake Forest for $699,000. They have had the home on and off the market for more than a decade, and it is under contract to sell. – Original Credit: Lake County Assessor (HANDOUT)
“I wouldn’t really think he was a crusader, per se, but I asked him about that and he said, ‘No, I just felt that was the right thing to do.’ That just seemed the most logical, correct thing to do. It got him a lot of trouble in the industry, but he didn’t care,” Baird said. “My father never really looked at the industry as a resource because, quite frankly, I just don’t think they’re at the head of the pack on this issue.”
“We have to make it easier and more convenient for all Americans to get vaccinated,” Biden said, as he met with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, all Republicans, as well as Democratic Govs. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Janet Mills of Maine and Tim Walz of Minnesota.
Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto, from left, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sign a new free trade agreement Nov. 30, 2018, in Buenos Aires on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement. (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)
The Chicago-based fast food giant announced Tuesday it will promote the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services campaign “‘We Can Do This,” which aims to increase vaccine confidence and encourage vaccinations, on its Times Square billboard later this month and on McCafe coffee cups and delivery orders at all U.S. restaurants beginning in July.