Brandon Johnson swears in as Chicago's 57th mayor ... environmental and land use policies. The city plans to use the findings to create a map identifying environmental justice communities.

The Metropolitan Water ... they're asking people in the Chicago area to help limit the amount of water going into sewer systems by limiting their water use at home as much as possible for the ...

The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a land use plan that could bring thousands ... Markowski agrees the area needs more affordable housing, but questions whether sweeping change ...

Even before steady and often heavy rainfall began falling across the Chicago area on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District was urging people to cut down on their water use ...

Chicago-area residents have been asked to reduce water use ahead of forecasted heavy rains, including delaying showers and doing laundry. According to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District ...

"The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has determined that an Air Pollution Action Day will be declared for the greater Chicago Metropolitan Area," the ... caused by use of air conditioning ...

The first time was on May 7, 2023, but that warning did not involve the Chicago metropolitan area. Friday's warning was the first dust storm warning that included the city itself. The dust storm ...

It turns out the aphorism isn’t that far-fetched: On Wednesday evening, parts of the Chicago metropolitan area faced tornado warnings, only to see plummeting temperatures just hours later and an ...

A rare dust storm swept in from the southwest and enveloped the Chicago metropolitan area Friday evening, darkening the sky and creating eerie images. Visibility dropped to near zero and winds ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases ... “So there certainly are some challenges now, but I’d hate to use too broad a brush to talk about immigrants as ...

The Chicago metropolitan area will soon get its first all-water container ship route, as Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor moves forward with its plans to build a new international sea cargo terminal in ...