After deadly storms scourged the Heartland, volunteers are gathering from across the area to help with relief and recovery efforts.The American Red Cross currently has shelters set up in parts of ...

Diverse spending by the state’s largest investor-owned utilities reached $2 billion in 2024, growing for the fourth year in a ...

Iowa American Water announced it invested more than $40 million in water and wastewater system upgrades throughout its service areas in 2024. According to a release, system improvements by Iowa ...

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

While St. Patrick's Day isn't until Monday, Chicago's iconic tradition dyeing the river green is happening Saturday. Here is ...

There could be monumental changes coming to the federal agency tasked with protecting the nation's environment. The ABC7 I-Team has been tracking the potential changes from the "biggest deregulatory ...

Private water utilities could be prevented from imposing massive rate increases if Illinois state lawmakers pass legislation currently in committee.

Trump slapped similar tariffs on EU steel and aluminum during his first term in office, which enraged European and other ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and ...

Private water utilities could be prevented from imposing massive rate increases if Illinois state lawmakers pass legislation ...

Waterloo schools, a minority-majority district, declined to participate in the African American Read-In. The 1619 Freedom School is hosting its own instead.

If you own a home in the area and get your water service from Illinois American Water, you may have noticed that your most ...