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Power company has directed $700,000 to 14 schools across the state to bring electric vehicles and charging stations to high schools.

In early 2020, City Council declared a state of climate emergency. Hiring a few people in the mayor’s office is not enough to tackle the crisis.

Spikes in energy prices point to higher costs to heat homes, while some residents already report increases in their bills.

Sneed: Former governor says city should ‘play hardball’ over deal to compensate customers for scandal

Construction has begun at the site of the former United Airlines headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois, with recent demolition at the property clearing the way for the creation of a $2.5 billion data center campus expected to launch in 2024.

“I’ve definitely had guys tell me this is a boy’s thing and I really don’t need to say anything to them. I just prove them wrong,” said Isabel Loza, 17, a senior in high school and a member of the Green Galaxy racing team.

CHICAGO — The racketeering case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant will likely not see any significant court action until next year after a judge Tuesday granted the defense a lengthy extension to review the massive pile of evidence turned over by prosecutors.

“He would tell me he was the fastest, most efficient [meter] reader they had at ComEd because he’d jump over fences, run through backyards, run up and down the stairs,” said his daughter Jean Lachat.

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