CNI: Chicago org to receive federal funding to help launch regional water sustainability industry
Innovation hub hopes to produce 500 jobs within 2 years By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois draju@capitolnewsillinois.com A Chicago organization focused on drinking water sustainability will receive a $15 million federal grant over the next two years
New legislative measure introduced in Illinois General Assembly to ban potentially harmful food and drink ingredients
An Illinois lawmaker is pushing for a ban on a group of potentially harmful ingredients commonly found in food and drinks. A measure introduced by state Senator Willie Preston would ban brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben
Meisel & Nowicki: Pritzker designates additional $160M for migrant response as winter approaches
New spending focused on building Chicago’s shelter capacity, getting migrants to permanent housing By HANNAH MEISEL & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – As winter quickly approaches, Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday announced plans for
Entire list of local and state food banks, pantries and soup kitchens across Illinois available just in time for the holiday season
The holiday season can be difficult, and all of Mid-West Family Springfield knows and understands this. With this and the community always in our minds and hearts, we wished to provide further access to the materials and
Natural Resources Defense Council concludes that public health expenses would be reduced dramatically by eliminating lead pipes delivering drinking water
The Natural Resources Defense Council has concluded that public health expenses would be reduced dramatically by eliminating lead pipes delivering drinking water. The report comes as health officials and researchers have discovered that contaminants in drinking water
Mid-American Paleontology Society holding fossil program October 20 at the Illinois State Fairground
The Mid-American Paleontology Society will be hosting a fossil show at the Orr Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds starting on Friday, October 20. The show is the largest in the world dedicated exclusively to fossils, and
AP: Hurricane Lee is charting a new course in weather and could signal more monster storms
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Experts say that Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology. It left meteorologists astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Experts say Lee
AP: Hurricane Lee charges through open Atlantic waters as it approaches northeast Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whirling through open waters as forecasters warn it could become the first Category 5 storm of the Atlantic season. Lee’s projected path takes it near the northeast Caribbean
Adams: Complaint alleges ComEd violated state law by raising fees on customer bills
Regulatory filing is among the first dealing with state’s 2021 climate law By ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois aadams@capitolnewsillinois.com A group of businesses filed a complaint with state regulators last week alleging that Chicago electric company Commonwealth
AP: Meat grown from animal cells? Here’s what it is and how it’s made
By LAURA UNGAR and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press The U.S. government is allowing the sale of chicken made from animal cells. California companies Upside Foods and Good Meat were granted permission on Wednesday to sell their products