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Environment Health Top Stories

Chicago Department of Public Health Faces Capacity Hurdles With Environmental Inspections

Commissioner Dr. Olusimbo Ige said the department faced hurdles in its environmental efforts, including limited capacity to carry out more inspections at a hearing before the City Council Committee on Environmental Protections and Energy.

Aydali CampaApril 2, 2025

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Environment Top Stories

Chicago Department of Public Health Set to Defend Environmental Justice Efforts at Committee Hearing

The hearing comes as environmental justice advocates grow impatient with the city's unfulfilled promises to install 140 air pollution sensors and pass a cumulative impacts ordinance to protect communities overburdened by pollution.

Aydali CampaMarch 27, 2025

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Environment

Chicago Officials Gather Input For Southeast Side Industrial Corridors

Southeast Side residents gathered at an open house to offer input as the city looks to revitalize the industrial corridors along the Calumet River.

Aydali CampaJanuary 31, 2025

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Immigration Policy

How Executive Orders Shape U.S. Immigration Policy

Using executive orders to change U.S. immigration policy isn’t new. It also isn’t as easy to implement as one might think.

Katrina Pham and Aydali CampaJanuary 30, 2025

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Immigration Policy

A People’s Agenda for Immigration Under Trump

Chicagoans share the immigration policies and changes they will be working toward during President Trump’s second term.

Aydali Campa, Fatema Hosseini and Katrina PhamJanuary 20, 2025

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Health

How SNAP Benefits Fall Short Amid Surging Food Prices in DuPage County

With rising grocery costs outpacing SNAP benefits, families in DuPage and Kane counties are cutting back amid inflation concerns.

Aydali CampaDecember 17, 2024

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Visuals

‘It Brings Me Joy’: Hundreds Gather on Horseback to Honor the Virgin of Guadalupe

As part of an annual tradition, faithful followers completed a more than six-mile pilgrimage reaching a shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Des Plaines.

Aydali CampaDecember 12, 2024

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Environment Organizing

EPA Officials, Southeast Side Residents Workshop Ideas for Former Acme Coke Plant

Southeast Side residents hope the toxic site will be transformed into a multi-use space that meets community needs, but remediation could take years.

Aydali CampaNovember 12, 2024

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Immigration Policy

With Trump’s Win, Chicago Immigrants Vow to “Fight Back”

Despite fears about Trump’s immigration policies, immigrant community leaders gathered in Chicago on Wednesday to call for unity.

Katrina Pham and Aydali CampaNovember 6, 2024

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Immigration Policy

Donald Trump Defeats Harris in Race for White House

After a contentious campaign, Donald Trump was projected to surpass 270 electoral votes, enough to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.

Mauricio Peña, Katrina Pham and Aydali CampaNovember 6, 2024

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Immigration Policy

How Immigrant Communities Are Feeling as They Cast Their Vote for President

As voters head to the polls, immigrant communities share what’s at stake for them this election.

Aydali Campa, Katrina Pham and Fatema HosseiniNovember 5, 2024

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Environment Health

Pilsen Residents Call on Chicago Mayor to Deny Scrap Metal Recycling Plant Permit

Sims Metal Management and the EPA say that the recycler is not producing dangerous pollution. But residents say their health is on the line.

Aydali CampaOctober 30, 2024

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Environment

What a Trump Vs. Harris Win Could Mean for Environmental Justice in Chicago?

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ on many policy points, but environmental justice and climate change are among the most stark.

Aydali CampaOctober 28, 2024

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Environment Health Immigration Policy

Chicago’s Largest Migrant Shelter Shutters After Troubling Year

City officials' decision to consolidate city-run migrant shelters comes as the number of residents has dwindled and fewer asylum seekers are arriving in Chicago.

Fatema Hosseini and Aydali CampaOctober 1, 2024

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Environment

Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That

In majority Latino neighborhoods like Brighton Park on the southwest side, residents have come together to push the city to invest more in parks and neighborhood green spaces in the face of climate change.

Aydali CampaSeptember 25, 2024

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Environment Health

How Chicago’s Environmental Committee Chair Works Toward a ‘Sustainable’ City

Since being appointed to chair the city’s Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy, Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) has been working to educate lawmakers on a stalled decarbonization bill and bolster the reinstated Department of the Environment.

Aydali CampaSeptember 9, 2024