03/31/21: Meet Chicago’s newest billion-dollar company

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Celebrity shoutout app Cameo is now valued at $1 billion after raising $100 million from backers including the investment arms of Google and Amazon. Reporter John Pletz joins host Amy Guth to discuss the rise of the city’s latest tech unicorn. Plus: Naperville apartment complex could fetch $100 million, a third of Illinois' small businesses closed or still closed a year into COVID, organized labor pushes Exelon nuclear plant bailout in new clean energy bill and the wedding boom is on as 2020 postponements compete with newly engaged couples for venues.