Miles MacClure

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Zak Jason |Miles MacClure |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . A few years ago, Nehemiah Jordan was a sophomore at Liberty University studying film and writing, with dreams of becoming a Hollywood director, when he was rejected for an internship. The setback helped him realize how long a path he faced before he could land a role in the movie industry with creative license.

2 months ago | blockclubchicago.org | Miles MacClure |Mack Liederman

CHICAGO — Illinois politicians thought its residents may have wanted a revamped, more colorful state flag. The sun peeking over green valleys? Maybe a silhouette of the state’s insect, the monarch butterfly? Or what about something featuring the man behind the “Land Of Lincoln?”After five weeks of polling and hundreds of thousands of votes, the public responded: No thanks.