Category: Politics
In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win
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Former EPA adviser claims agency violated whistleblower protections after petition criticism
The EPA is being sued this week by Elin Warn Betanzo, a water safety engineer who was also instrumental in the Flint water crisis investigation.
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Federal wildfire bill may repeal ‘roadless rule’ that protects national forest land in Wisconsin
First passed in 2001, the rule prevents logging and road construction on almost 59 million acres of national forest land, including 69,000 acres of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin.
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Pearson: Political divide keeps us mired and exhausted
A country built on bilingualism, multiculturalism and provincial diversity has to listen.
LFP Letters to the Editor: April 23, 2026
A Free Press reader wonders: What if the Conservatives were led by a conservative?