Brett Chase
Reporter - (Environmental, Planning & Public Health)
Brett Chase reports on environmental protection, pollution and public health. He is a former investigative reporter for the Better Government Association, and, before that, worked at Bloomberg News, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Crain’s Chicago Business. He has a journalism degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and has taught journalism at Loyola University in Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson is moving ahead with plans to shelter up to 2,000 asylum-seekers despite protests in the Southwest Side community.
Luego de liderar a Chicago durante la pandemia de COVID-19, el alcalde Brandon Johnson despidió a la Comisionada de Salud Pública de la Municipalidad.
Firefighting foam contaminated groundwater beneath O’Hare and Midway airports with PFAS chemicals, military investigators have found. It’s unclear how far it has spread.
After leading Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic, the city’s public health commissioner was fired by Mayor Brandon Johnson.
The money is expected to help the city replace 30,000 lead service lines — out of more than 400,000 — the largest number in the country.
Entre las protestas de los vecinos por la proyectada construcción de un campamento y las pruebas ambientales pendientes, las autoridades de Chicago siguen evaluando el lugar.
Amid neighbors’ protests over the planned tent city and pending environmental tests, Chicago officials are continuing to assess the site.
A diferencia del antiguo departamento desechado por Rahm Emanuel, la nueva adición al Ayuntamiento no haría cumplir las leyes de contaminación.
Unlike the former department scrapped by Rahm Emanuel, the new City Hall addition would not enforce pollution laws.