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With Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration projecting it will take 40 years and up to $12 billion to replace toxic lead water pipes throughout the city, aldermen are pressing for changes to speed up the work while driving down costs. On Tuesday a pair City Council committees heard from water officials in Cincinnati and Newark, New Jersey, two cities that are far ahead of Chicago in their ...

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Last fall, Arkeria Wright wanted to check on her sons progress in math after a particularly difficult seventh grade year. So she contacted the person she thought was his teacher.

Schools are increasingly utilizing remote-teaching companies to supplement their staff – but some parents aren’t even aware

The ways pollution, health, climate change and racism blur together were in sharp focus last week during Loyola University Chicago's conferenc...

/ Advocates outside of the Illinois State Capitol lobby for an energy omnibus bill that would subsidize the states nuclear plants. The language in a comprehensive energy bill aimed at moving Illinois to a carbon-free future has undergone a multitude of revisions, yet the foundation of equity within the bill has remained mostly untouched throughout the process. Nearly 50 legislators identifying themselves as the “green caucus” expressed their motives in a letter to the governor – no clima...