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How Puerto Rico's banned coal ash winds up in rural Georgia | Energy News Network

How Puerto Rico's banned coal ash winds up in rural Georgia | Energy News Network

Energy News Network — After Puerto Rico banned coal ash storage, the toxic waste from its coal plant is being quietly shipped through Florida to Georgia. Residents and leaders are upset, but feel powerless.

Pan De Vida full-time food distribution hub to open in Little Village in the first half of 2022

Pan De Vida full-time food distribution hub to open in Little Village in the first half of 2022

Chicago Sun-Times — Story about the New Life Centers' Little Village food distribution center transitioning from feeding approximately 100 families pre-COVID-19 to 6,000 families.

City Announces $1 Billion for Affordable Housing Development - South Side Weekly

City Announces $1 Billion for Affordable Housing Development - South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly — On Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Housing (DOH) announced that the city's affordable housing infrastructure will get more than $1 billion in the coming calendar year-the largest in Chicago history. The DOH selected twenty-four new developments in which to create or preserve 2,428 affordable rental units across the city.

Social Security Backlogs Leave Unhoused Populations Vulnerable - South Side Weekly

Social Security Backlogs Leave Unhoused Populations Vulnerable - South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly — For the past six months, Michelle Thomas, a youth case manager at The Night Ministry has been trying to get a new Social Security card for her twenty-two-year-old houseless client. After months of contacting different offices and scheduling an emergency visit to a Social Security Administration (SSA) office that was initially denied, Thomas's client is still waiting for a card to arrive in the mail.

Activists Say Fight Against City's Largest Warehouse Is Not Over - South Side Weekly

Activists Say Fight Against City's Largest Warehouse Is Not Over - South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly — Target Corp. and Hilco Redevelopment Partners hosted a private ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 27 to mark the opening of Exchange 55, the controversial 1.3 million-square-foot distribution center in La Villita, prompting roughly thirty residents and environmental activists to protest and voice their concerns about the development in the Southwest Side neighborhood.

SLCC hosts panel to assess revised One Central proposal; details vague

SLCC hosts panel to assess revised One Central proposal; details vague

Gazette — The South Loop Concerned Coalition (SLCC) recently convened a panel of experts to analyze a revised One Central proposal by Wisconsin-based developer Bob Dunn, president of Landmark Development. Phyllis Leon, SLCC president, hosted the panel, moderated by board members Jeffery Key and Joan Lovell.

There's an Uptick in Street Overdoses During the Pandemic - South Side Weekly

There's an Uptick in Street Overdoses During the Pandemic - South Side Weekly

South Side Weekly — News article about harm reduction and street medicine practices in Chicago, IL.

Incumbents challenged in Congressional races

Incumbents challenged in Congressional races

Gazette Chicago — Voters will determine the fate of 3rd and 7th Congressional district candidates on Tuesday, March 17, casting ballots to decide who will represent the Democratic and Republican parties to become members of Congress in Washington, DC, for the next two-year term. The general election will be Tuesday, Nov. 3.

After record 2020 turnout, Iowa Republicans adopt numerous voting barriers

After record 2020 turnout, Iowa Republicans adopt numerous voting barriers

Center for Public Integrity — A record number of people voted in Iowa two years ago. Its Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Kim Reynolds responded by adopting a broad set of limitations last year that put up various roadblocks to absentee and election day voting. Voting rights advocates have called this legislation a blatant effort to suppress participation in elections after [...]

New Hampshire isn't budging on obstacles to registration, ID, mail ballots

New Hampshire isn't budging on obstacles to registration, ID, mail ballots

Center for Public Integrity — Republicans who control both houses of the state legislature and the governor's office in New Hampshire are maintaining the state's strict limitations on registering to vote and casting ballots while enacting new security requirements and penalties advocates see as an attempt to criminalize people who mistakenly fail to follow rules that were unnecessary in the [...]

In Wisconsin, voting limits vetoed, but conservative court steps in

In Wisconsin, voting limits vetoed, but conservative court steps in

Center for Public Integrity — Wisconsin, a key battleground state that has a divided government and was narrowly won by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election, has been a focal point of a nationwide Republican push to further restrict access to voting. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, has vetoed six Republican-backed bills that would have put up more barriers for [...]

Attracting poll workers a chronic problem in city, suburbs - Austin Weekly News

Attracting poll workers a chronic problem in city, suburbs - Austin Weekly News

Austin Weekly News — Kiara Hardin, 29, arrived at Parkside Community Academy in Chicago at 5 a.m. to set up a polling location for the primary election on June 28. The freshly trained, first-time election judge expected four other poll workers would be at the South Side elementary school to help; instead, she found herself alone.

Illinois Taxpayers Shell Out Hundreds of Millions as Prison Reform Lawsuits Grind On

Illinois Taxpayers Shell Out Hundreds of Millions as Prison Reform Lawsuits Grind On

Illinois Answers Project / Better Government Association — The settlement agreements have prompted major changes for incarcerated people who are deaf, mentally ill or under the care of the state prison's beleaguered healthcare system, but advocates argue more needs to be done.

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