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John Lippert

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I'm a freelance writer at the Chicago Tribune. Before that, I was on the staff at Bloomberg, Detroit Free Press and GM, where I built cars for eight years.

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Gary residents say US Steel is jeopardizing their jobs and air quality by failing to install modern furnaces

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By John Lippert Verified, Maya Wilkins Verified
| EIN News
To escape a surge in Chicago’s gang violence, Natalie Ammons and her family moved in 1979 to a home just a few hundred yards from one of the world’s biggest steel mills.On some nights, when the Gary mill pounded its red-hot steel slabs into thin sheets, she’d see flames shoot up through the smokestacks. She’d go to bed to the sound of rumblings from the mill and the smell of rotten eggs.
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Gary residents say US Steel is jeopardizing their jobs and air quality by failing to install modern furnaces

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By John Lippert Verified, Maya Wilkins Verified
| Flipboard
19 hours ago Seeking to energize his base ahead of November’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump warned that “godless communists” taking over the Democratic Party pose “the most serious threat” to the U.S. since its founding as he addressed the Faith & Freedom Coalition. Trump warns ‘godless communists’ …
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Amid chaotic data center debates, industry warns Illinois will miss out unless privacy law weakened

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By John Lippert Verified, R. Christian Smith
| Belleville News-Democrat Verified
Artificial intelligence companies are threatening to shun Illinois and build their most advanced data centers in Wisconsin and Indiana if the state doesn't dilute its privacy law, the toughest in the country. Lots of Illinoisans won't be running to their defense. Unions, even as they clamor for construction work, worry that artificial intelligence will devour far more jobs than it creates. Environmentalists want tighter controls on data center electricity use and noise.
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