Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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cicada-watch-2024
  • by david hall
As cicadas emerge, nature lovers travel thousands of miles to converge on Illinois

For tourists, Illinois is the place to be for the historic cicada emergence. The 17-year brood in the state's northern half and the 13-year brood in the southern part are set to converge near Springfield.

health
  • by david hall
Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd U.S. case tied to dairy cows

The risk to the public remains low, but farmworkers exposed to infected animals are at higher risk, health officials said. As of Wednesday, the virus had been confirmed in 51 dairy herds in nine states.

city-hall
  • by david hall
Anti-abortion members of City Council stall approval of quiet zone around West Loop clinic

At the behest of Planned Parenthood, Ald. Bill Conway (34th) was trying for the second time in six months to establish a "quiet zone" around the abortion clinic operated by Family Planning Associates at 659 W. Washington Blvd., where women have been bullied and intimidated there on their way inside.

city-hall
  • by david hall
City Council member angered by game of musical committee chairs

Ald. Emma Mitts said she accepted the mayor's offer to chair the Housing Committee and thought she had a deal — until Tuesday, when she was told the job has been promised to Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who resigned as Zoning chair after being accused of bullying Mitts.