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The acquisition of Tamarack Farms makes Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge a more impactful destination and creates within Hackmatack a major macrosite for conservation.

For the first time since 2019, Bloomington Police received accreditation from the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.

Oil transport company Zenith Energy spent time courting Portland elected officials in 2022, hoping they would approve a Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) allowing the company to continue its operations in the city. While Zenith's efforts were successful—the Portland Bureau of Development Services (BDS) approved the LUCS in 2022 after an initial denial the year prior—the company violated city lobbying rules in the process, according to the Portland Elections Office. In a Mar...

The city denied Zenith's Land Use Compatibility Statement in August 2021, then approved it in October 2022.

Portland’s auditor has determined a fossil fuel company violated city code when it failed to report lobbying with public officials. City Auditor Simone Rede issued Zenith Energy, the company with a fuel storage facility along Northwest Front Avenue, a warning letter on Tuesday.

The workers were responding to a crash with their emergency lights on when a passing car struck them, police said.

The life-size sculpture, titled Thou Shalt Not Kill, shows a hooded victim of gun violence face down on the ground, bullet holes etched into his back, while Jesus weeps over him.

Five statues toppled or damaged in 2020 remain in storage as the city of Portland decides their fate. Recognizing that not all public art has aged well, the City Council voted unanimously last week to establish a public monuments policy and review criteria regarding the nearly 170 outdoor sculptures owned by the city and county.

The Orange Tent Project worked with architecture students to design a small but secure wooden structure that they believed would not require permits. Last week, days after construction began, the city issued a work stoppage order.

Railroad industry news about: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 14 large transit projects, $4 billion in federal support for construction, President Biden's fiscal-year 2025 budget request to Congress. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine