In backyards and community gardens across Chicago, growers tend fruit and vegetable crops as diverse as the city they live in. Most have one thing in common — lead lurking in the…
SPRINGFIELD – After years of work by environmental activists to push action on the issue, the Illinois Pollution Control Board has issued findings and recommendations related to the…
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate advanced a bill Thursday, May 9 that is aimed at ensuring safe closure of toxic coal ash pits left behind by power plants. “When you burn coal…
SPRINGFIELD – In an effort to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution, a group of state lawmakers from both legislative chambers touted a series of bills Tuesday that would…
This story is part of Chronicle Media’s ongoing series looking at how funds from the Volkswagen settlement could be used to affect Illinois air quality. Michelle Hoppe Villegas uses…
Pritzker signs executive order responding ...SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order July 14 requiring ...
Democratic primary in 9th Congressional ...The ever-growing candidate field for Illinois' 9th Congressional Democratic primary isn’t a ...
Northwest Side parish adopts name ...While “The Saint Who Wore Sneakers” sounds like a summer Disney movie ...
Chicago West Side workforce development ...As Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation, the new workforce development and social ...
