In the second presidential debate, undecided voters asked the
candidates questions on a range of important issues.
President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were, for example, made to discuss outsourcing, which has been the central issue in Illinois’ 17th Congressional district race, and reproductive rights, which has emerged as a key issue in the 8th and 10th Congressional district contests.
There was also a clash on immigration policy and priorities, an issue ignored in the first debate, which mostly focused on fiscal policy.
At
one point, President Barack Obama argued that,
while obviously restrained by Congress and changing circumstances, a
president mainly tries to do what they say they will do in their
campaign. Read more »
Environmental activists are pushing to stay involved during the remediation and redevelopment of polluted sites on
Chicago’s Southwest Side.
Environmental advocacy groups are speaking out against
“anti-environment” amendments attached to the Senate’s budget
resolution. Although the amendments are non-binding, a representative
from 
There are considerable problems with air and land pollution in
Chicago’s Southwest neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village and, at a
meeting with community residents last night, the 
The National Latino Coalition on Climate Change (NLCCC) is calling on President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address air pollution and the health hazards associated with it.
A winter season that has thus far been defined by a record number of
snowless days and unseasonably warm temperatures has experts, advocates
and some of Illinois’ newly-elected congressional lawmakers raising
concerns over the kind of impact such conditions will ultimately have on
the environment.