Polluters often get a pass on air-quality violations, Chicago Sun-Times finds
The Chicago Sun-Times found that local businesses often had their air pollution citations dropped.
The Chicago Sun-Times found that local businesses often had their air pollution citations dropped.
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.
Re-opening long-shuttered mental health clinics is top of mind for most of the candidates. But not for Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
More than 6,300 people are dead in Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake and aftershocks rocked the countries.
Punxsutawney Phil only guessed right 40% of the years in the last decade. In WBEZ’s weekly climate segment, we welcomed atmospheric scientist Dr. Scott Collis to get a more accurate prediction for the winter ahead.
Advocates say barriers to care can be far more harmful than fatness itself.
Illinois law bars insurers from charging out-of-network rates for neonatal care at in-network hospitals. But that didn’t keep it from happening to this Chicago family.
Frayed public health leaders left their posts in droves as the pandemic wore on. Not Arwady — she is steeling herself for her next front.
According to some startups, tools like artificial intelligence and drone technology might be the answer.
The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.