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Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management are pleased to announce that 13 Chicago-area Merrill Wealth Management Advisors have been named to Forbes prestigious 2023 "Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State" list.

Bank of America and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management are pleased to announce that 13 Chicago-area Merrill Wealth Management Advisors have been named to Forbes prestigious 2023 "Top Women Wealth Advisors Best-in-State" list.

Environmental complaint leads to federal discrimination probe   Updated 2/5/2021 4:19 PM SPRINGFIELD -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the Illinois EPA over whether the planned relocation of an industrial scrap shredder on Chicagos Southeast Side discriminates against communities of color. A complaint filed in December by a pair of local community advocacy groups accused the Illinois EPA of unfairly discriminating against majority Latino a...

Lead On: A federal rule full of holes For about three decades, Evanston has collected nearly 440 water samples for lead testing. 60% came from the historically White and wealthy 6th and 7th wards. Only 1.8% came from the historically Black 5th Ward. HEENA SRIVASTAVA: When my co-reporter Kalen and I started reporting this story, it was based on one of those hunches you really hope isn’t true — one of those stories where, if you were wrong, it meant people were doing their jobs well. But if y...

December 22, 2020 Second Ward resident Regina Sant’Anna has helped her elderly neighbor carry hundreds of boxes of bottled water from her car to her home. Living on the border of the historically Black 5th Ward, Sant’Anna has noticed that some residents are concerned about their water quality. “At times in underserved communities of color, brown or Black, you have a lot of people investing in (bottled) water,” Sant’Anna said. “You have to put in your budget plastic...