A contingent of Black farmers from rural Pembroke Township gathered with supporters Tuesday in Chicago to protest a proposed Nicor plan to construct a gas pipeline through the heart of their underserved community near Kankakee.
The day after the Illinois Senate passed a compromise bill that would phase in a fully elected, 21-member Chicago Board of Education, Mayor Lori Lightfoot emphasized that it’s not yet a done deal and drew attention to parts of the plan that she doesn’t agree with. “There were obviously a lot of different agendas at work that led to the bill that passed,” Lightfoot said at an unrelated news .