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The Trump administration has officially denied an appeal from the state of Illinois for disaster relief funds for summer storms last year that affected 438,000 residents in five Illinois counties.
Trump administration denies Illinois appeal for summer storms disaster relief
chicago.suntimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The Trump administration has officially denied an appeal from the state of Illinois for disaster relief funds for summer storms last year that affected 438,000 residents in five Illinois counties.
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Zillow scrubbed climate risk data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. A plugin in development would restore that data.
A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow - Inside Climate News
The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers hav...
insideclimatenews.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Zillow scrubbed climate risk data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. A plugin in development would restore that data.
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The American Red Cross warned of a severe blood supply shortage on Jan. 20, ahead of extreme winter weather conditions across the country. Local health care specialists urge people to get out and donate.
Extreme weather has spurred national blood supply shortage — here’s how to help
chicago.suntimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The American Red Cross warned of a severe blood supply shortage on Jan. 20, ahead of extreme winter weather conditions across the country. Local health care specialists urge people to get out and donate.
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A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
Chicago health care workers honor Alex Pretti, call for abolition of ICE and general strike
chicago.suntimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:16 AM
A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Alex Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
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Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, along with Roman Catholic leaders in Newark and D.C., calls out Trump admin for actions in Venezuela, threats toward Greenland.
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, fellow cardinals are critical of Trump administration foreign policy
U.S. foreign policy raises “basic questions” about the morality of war and peace, Cupich and two other U.S. Catholic leaders write in a rare admonishment of a sitting president. This month, Pope Leo d...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich, along with Roman Catholic leaders in Newark and D.C., calls out Trump admin for actions in Venezuela, threats toward Greenland.
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Residents say the odors are so strong they feel ill and it’s impossible to spend time outdoors. They have until Friday to decide if they want to be included or opt out of a class action lawsuit.
Southeast Side residents face Friday deadline for lawsuit over horrible smells
chicago.suntimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Residents say the odors are so strong they feel ill and it’s impossible to spend time outdoors. They have until Friday to decide if they want to be included or opt out of a class action lawsuit.
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More than 100 people gathered under the Little Village arch Wednesday night for a vigil in solidarity with Minneapolis, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a driver earlier in the day.
Protesters march in Little Village after ICE killing in Minneapolis
chicago.suntimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
More than 100 people gathered under the Little Village arch Wednesday night for a vigil in solidarity with Minneapolis, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a driver earlier in the day.
Jeff Tweedy's 30-song release Twilight Override was my favorite album of 2025. Check out the full list in comments.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Jeff Tweedy's 30-song release Twilight Override was my favorite album of 2025. Check out the full list in comments.
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A Chicago Sun-Times political reporter fulfills a teenage dream by joining the White Sox beat, drawing parallels between sports and government coverage.
From the Capitol to the clubhouse, a Sun-Times politics reporter took a swing at covering baseball
chicago.suntimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Chicago Sun-Times political reporter fulfills a teenage dream by joining the White Sox beat, drawing parallels between sports and government coverage.
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Chicago lost notable figures in 2025 — a larger-than-life artist, a basketball devotee nun, an Italian beef evangelist and a barkeep from Bridgeport among them.
Re-remembering 11 Chicagoans who died in 2025
chicago.suntimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Chicago lost notable figures in 2025 — a larger-than-life artist, a basketball devotee nun, an Italian beef evangelist and a barkeep from Bridgeport among them.
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Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches.
An Obama quote gets installed atop presidential center
chicago.suntimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches.
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The state accused a suburban business of breaking environmental laws after even more asphalt was found in the Sanitary and Ship Canal more than 10 months after a spill of almost a half million gallons of the hot liquid substance.
Suburban business cited for big oily asphalt spill in Chicago canal
chicago.suntimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The state accused a suburban business of breaking environmental laws after even more asphalt was found in the Sanitary and Ship Canal more than 10 months after a spill of almost a half million gallons of the hot liquid substance.
Propietario de planta del lado sureste pagará al estado de Illinois $125,000 por emisiones de gas dañino chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
Propietario de planta del lado sureste pagará al estado de Illinois $125,000 por emisiones de gas dañino
El productor de acero también acordó agregar nuevos controles de contaminación. Se le acusó de no controlar la cantidad de esas emisiones entre finales de 2021 y principios de 2022.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Propietario de planta del lado sureste pagará al estado de Illinois $125,000 por emisiones de gas dañino chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
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Raids, protests, shootings, arrests, the use of tear gas — Sun-Times photojournalists captured these moments in hundreds of photos over the last several months.
The most pivotal moments of Operation Midway Blitz, captured by Sun-Times photographers
chicago.suntimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Raids, protests, shootings, arrests, the use of tear gas — Sun-Times photojournalists captured these moments in hundreds of photos over the last several months.
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Illinois is running out of power. The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars while wind and solar development stalls.
Illinois running low on power as AI data centers spike electricity demand
chicago.suntimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Illinois is running out of power. The news is a blow to Gov. JB Pritzker’s climate change-fighting goals too, as demand from AI data centers soars while wind and solar development stalls.
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A. Finkl & Sons, a Chicago steelmaker, agreed to add pollution controls and pay Illinois $125,000 to settle accusations of releasing excessive harmful gas in violation of environmental laws.
A. Finkl & Sons to pay state $125,000 over emissions of harmful nitrous oxide at Far Southeast Side plant
chicago.suntimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A. Finkl & Sons, a Chicago steelmaker, agreed to add pollution controls and pay Illinois $125,000 to settle accusations of releasing excessive harmful gas in violation of environmental laws.
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Latest column. In addition to his Millennium Park and other work, Gehry traveled the world with the Pritzkers, briefly held an ownership stake in the Inland Steel Building, was nicknamed 'Frankgooch' by Stanley Tigerman & appeared on The Simpsons.
Architect Frank Gehry who designed Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion and foot bridge dies at 96
The visionary West Coast architect had deeply rooted Chicago connections and friendships.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Latest column. In addition to his Millennium Park and other work, Gehry traveled the world with the Pritzkers, briefly held an ownership stake in the Inland Steel Building, was nicknamed 'Frankgooch' by Stanley Tigerman & appeared on The Simpsons.
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Monsanto, once the largest makers of a now-banned class of chemicals, agreed to pay the state $120 million and potentially more, under a settlement announced by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday.
Chicago, suburbs to get millions from PCB pollution settlement with Monsanto
chicago.suntimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Monsanto, once the largest makers of a now-banned class of chemicals, agreed to pay the state $120 million and potentially more, under a settlement announced by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Monday.
Pritzker pide ayuda federal por desastre de inundaciones tras tormentas de verano chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
Pritzker pide ayuda federal por desastre de inundaciones tras tormentas de verano
El gobernador solicita a la administración de Trump que proporcione dinero para ayudar a los sobrevivientes de inundaciones en Chicago, el Condado de Cook e Illinois.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Pritzker pide ayuda federal por desastre de inundaciones tras tormentas de verano chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2025/...
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The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done.
State official accuses Trump’s EPA of abandoning oily cleanup in Chicago canal
chicago.suntimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The state’s top environmental official says the feds stopped oversight of the cleanup of an oily mess in a Chicago waterway before the job was done.
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PHOTOS: A pair of snowy owls have taken roost of Montrose Harbor Beacon Pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
PHOTOS: A pair of snowy owls have taken roost of Montrose Harbor Beacon Pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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Two owls that landed on a pier near Montrose’s bird sanctuary have drawn hundreds hoping for a glimpse of the majestic species in an urban landscape. Word of the birds' arrival circulated on birder forums for a week.
Bird watchers perch at Montrose Beach as snowy owls make early Chicago appearance
chicago.suntimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Two owls that landed on a pier near Montrose’s bird sanctuary have drawn hundreds hoping for a glimpse of the majestic species in an urban landscape. Word of the birds' arrival circulated on birder forums for a week.
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The governor is asking the Trump administration to reverse course and provide money to help survivors of flooding across Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
Pritzker pleads for federal flood disaster aid after summer storms
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The governor is asking the Trump administration to reverse course and provide money to help survivors of flooding across Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
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A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
A pair of snowy owls spotted along Lake Michigan beach draws crowds in Chicago
chicago.suntimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A pair of snowy owls spotted along a Lake Michigan beach has drawn curious crowds and sparked happy speculation about how long the Arctic birds of prey will call Chicago home.
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In one moment, more than 39,000 feet of lights wrapping the 68-foot Norwegian evergreen came to life, as fireworks lit up downtown Chicago and thousands let out a cheer for the holiday season.
City lights official Christmas tree at Millennium Park
chicago.suntimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
In one moment, more than 39,000 feet of lights wrapping the 68-foot Norwegian evergreen came to life, as fireworks lit up downtown Chicago and thousands let out a cheer for the holiday season.