Illinois senator asked for assessment of toxic releases from Veolia plant, a site profiled in a recent BGA story about President Trump’s diminished EPA.
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Trump Rolls Back EPA Oversight in Midwest, Favoring Polluters
EPA inspections and staff levels plunge in the Chicago regional office as regulations are abandoned and policy favors job creation over clean air and water. The Midwest is among the areas hit hardest by the cutbacks, with inspections down 60% since Trump took office.
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Neighborhoods Face Extinction As Floods Increase
Illinois towns paying the price for repeated cleanups consider buying out residents and converting homesteads to wetlands and parks.
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Storms, Flooding Hit Poorest Communities Hardest
In the Chicago area, flooding has often disproportionately hit the south suburbs, particularly low-income communities. And it’s going to get worse with climate change.
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Cabrini-Green Residents Were Promised 2,500 Construction Jobs. They Got 40
To quell a rising controversy 25 years ago that threatened to derail his grand plan to raze the public housing complex, Mayor Richard M. Daley made promises to the residents he was kicking out — including jobs.
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Spiral of Decline Heavy Burden for Homeowners
In Cook County suburbs, home values are collapsing while property taxes are up.
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Censo genera miedo sobre pregunta de ciudadanía
Aún cuando el gobierno de Trump ha enfrentado obstáculos por preguntar en el conteo del 2020, si todos los que viven en el país son ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, expertos y personas con familiares indocumentados, temen que los inmigrantes ya tengan menos probabilidades de participar — con enormes desafíos financieros para Chicago e Illinois.
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Census Stirs Fears Regardless of Citizenship Question
Even as the Trump administration has confronted setbacks about asking if everyone is a U.S. citizen in the 2020 headcount, experts and families with undocumented members fear immigrants already are less likely to participate — with enormous financial stakes for Chicago and Illinois.
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In Illinois, Cars And Trucks Top Coal As Biggest Global Warming Contributor
Drivers, Amazon deliveries and Uber rides are now the biggest source of greenhouse gases, presenting a new challenge for policy.
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Poor Left, Rich Thrived When Illinois Hiked Flat Tax
As Illinois debates whether to raise taxes on the rich, IRS data show better off tax filers stayed put when flat tax rates jumped a few years ago despite fears so called job creators would leave the state to avoid paying the increase.
