Rules updating landfill-gas guidelines were finalized in August of 2016 to go into effect that October, but after Donald Trump’s election, his newly appointed Environmental Protection Agency leadership team delayed enacting the changes, and then pushed for a second delay…
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OSHA fines Journal Star $35,802
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on OSHA fines Journal Star $35,802
Employees were complaining for years about safety issues in the press and mail rooms at the Peoria Journal Star, yet their concerns went largely unheeded. Until six months ago. In an instant, the work zone looked like a war zone.…
Access to safe abortion
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Access to safe abortion
The sudden closing of the Whole Woman’s Health clinic, 7405 N. University St., several weeks ago hit at a time when the Illinois Legislature is strengthening and protecting women’s access to safe, legal abortion. Women in Peoria will still be…
Ongoing conflict in Middle East stokes debate in Peoria
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Ongoing conflict in Middle East stokes debate in Peoria
Retired Peoria pathologist John Nixon studies widespread human rights violations in Gaza with increasing alarm. As a physician, he felt he should not speak out while he was treating patients, but after retiring 12 years ago, he has studied the…
Can Peorians play a role in equitable and humane immigration solutions?
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Can Peorians play a role in equitable and humane immigration solutions?
The Trump administration is ferreting out ways to impose a burdensome application fee on asylum seekers to discourage people fleeing for their lives from entering the United States. This would circumvent international law requiring nations to give asylum seekers a…
The REDress Project
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on The REDress Project
Eliida Lakota, center, helped organize “The REDress Project” at Dayspring United Methodist Church in East Peoria to raise awareness about thousands of missing and murdered Native American women and girls. Native American women are 10 times more likely to be…
Environmental News Briefs
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Antibiotic use expands to citrus Antibiotic resistance in humans has been linked to overuse with livestock, but now the EPA is defying objections from both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration to allow…
Senator: Graduated, progressive tax is a fair tax
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State Sen. Dave Koehler told an audience at East Bluff Community Center that legislation to change the state income tax from a flat rate of 4.95 percent to a graduated tax with higher rates on higher wage earners will mean,…
West Peoria plans for July Fourth
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria plans for July Fourth
June means plans are in full swing for the 49th celebration of the West Peoria July Fourth parade and flag raising. The parade starts at 10 a.m. July Fourth and wends its way through West Peoria. This event is well…
No. 1 in nation for “Draconian,” mandatory drug sentencing
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on No. 1 in nation for “Draconian,” mandatory drug sentencing
Once again, Peoria tops a nationwide list –– this time for harsh sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Many in the judicial system contend these disproportionally harsh sentences do not make society safer but only serve to feed mass incarceration. Federal…