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• Chicago kept its New Year’s resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean power

  27-01-2025 18:45 via chicagoreader.com
  This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings every year. As of January 1, every single one of them—including 98 fire stations, two international airports, and two of the largest […]
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• Trump Administration Officials Oversee Immigration Raids in Chicago Amid Legal Challenges

  27-01-2025 15:00
  
  Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and “border czar” Tom Homan with ATF and Customs and Border Protection agents (Photo Credit: @DEACHICAGODiv/X). 
  This weekend, immigration enforcement began in Chicago and two of Donald Trump’s top officials were in the city to witness it.  
  The Associated Press reported that the President’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, and the acting deputy attorney general came to Chicago on Sunday to oversee the launch of
  
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• Keisha Lance Bottoms Considers Entering Race to Become Georgia’s Next Governor

  27-01-2025 14:00
  
  Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering a possible bid to become Georgia’s next Governor. Bottoms, a graduate of Douglas High School, FAMU, and Georgia State University, became a national figure in 2017 after she won the mayoral race in Atlanta. 
  When recently asked if she would consider a return to politics, Bottoms told WSB-TV, “Well, there will be a governor’s race on the ballot.”
  Gov. Brian Kemp will step down in 2026 and a front-runner has yet t
  
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