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The Watch: City Council slices and dices through budget motions
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch: City Council slices and dices through budget motions
City makes arrangements with IDOT for snow plowing; accepts a grant for $2 million to construct the new Salvation Army men’s shelter
Is bigger better for local media?
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Is bigger better for local media?
Do chain/corporate ownership makes a difference compared to regional or local ownership? Can business interests and public service be balanced? Long-time media professional/scholars discuss challenges of today’s ever-changing landscape
Nature Rambles: Rough legs of tundra pays visit
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Rough legs of tundra pays visit
EPA adopts ostrich approach, halts pollution-data collection
by contributor • • Comments Off on EPA adopts ostrich approach, halts pollution-data collection
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has compiled data from about 8,000 of the country’s largest industrial facilities — an important tool to track carbon dioxide, methane and other gases that drive climate change.
Trump administration looking to drill in protected offshore areas
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Targeted areas include sites along the coasts of California and Alaska, plus the Atlantic seaboard (excluding Florida)
Natural disasters could shape the brains of our babies
by contributor • • Comments Off on Natural disasters could shape the brains of our babies
Evaluating dozens of children, the study found those exposed to Superstorm Sandy in utero had enlarged basal ganglia.
Environmental Council applauds ‘Biggest 24 hours of climate action in Illinois’
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General Assembly passed the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act and the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act
Clear your stage of verbal clutter
by Edith Barnard • • Comments Off on Clear your stage of verbal clutter
Converse carefully: Like, um, you know, basically, we use too many filler phrases. Remember, outside the privacy of our homes, all speaking is public speaking.
5 questions for Mary Hayes
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on 5 questions for Mary Hayes
Busy and determined — on her terms — the diminutive dynamo from Alabama will not be dismissed. And about that red hat …