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Community members gather at Olive-Harvey College for a listening session with the Illinois EPA to voice their concerns with Finkl’s plan, and other area pollution issues. Finkl executives were a no-show.
Making sure Chicagoans in every corner of the city can breathe clean air shouldn’t be difficult.
Fewer than half of all citations written by Chicago city health inspectors in recent years for air pollution end up sticking, records show. That’s left neighbors of polluters unhappy.
The family that owns the namesake cement company has spent almost two years trying to sell the idea of a 6 million-square-foot space under former steel mill land.
Multiple Authors Article Loraine Woods-Lewis is shown at her home in Chatham on February 15. It took her more than two weeks to book vaccination appointments for her and her husband. Image by Manuel Martinez/WBEZ. United States, 2021. This story is supported by the Pulitzer Center. This is what Marie Collins-Wright repeatedly encountered as she scoured the web for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment for herself and her mom. “You get this big message: No appointments. No appointments. No appointments. No appointments,” said Collins-Wright, 66. Collins-Wright lives in So...