Articles by Regional Reporter, Illinois Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
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![Black bug with gold leaves and red eyes on green leaf.]()
![Black bug with gold leaves and red eyes on green leaf.]()
A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.
They're a little early, thanks to climate change.
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![smokestacks jut up from brick building spewing smoke]()
![smokestacks jut up from brick building spewing smoke]()
Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?
In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years.
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![Digital collage of green silhouette of state of Illinois with the seal of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on top]()
![Digital collage of green silhouette of state of Illinois with the seal of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation on top]()
Acre by acre, the Prairie Band Potawatomi bought back their land
After almost two centuries, the Indigenous nation is reestablishing the only reservation in Illinois.
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![cars and trucks in traffic jam in urban setting]()
![cars and trucks in traffic jam in urban setting]()
Monitoring a ‘sea of trucks’ in Chicago
Activists found more than 5,000 trucks and buses passing through a single neighborhood in a day.
