Well, the governor of Illinois had an important announcement regarding his own renaming of long-established geographical ...

Last year, Vice President JD Vance, then an Ohio senator, was part of a bipartisan coalition calling to increase funding for ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

A powerful and deadly winter storm that has been slamming the Plains and Midwest Wednesday morning moved into Chicago, ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

A powerful winter storm that has been slamming the Plains and Midwest turned deadly after officials in Missouri say they’re ...

The second winter storm of this week is bringing a widespread area of snowfall as well as some ice. Here's what to expect.

More PFAS news with an update on Wisconsin’s frozen funding, and how federal freezes are impacting pollution grants.

Shore|Lines exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in downtown Chicago looks at Black migration from the Gulf ...

New research suggests an ancient hotspot helped shape the Great Lakes, challenging traditional formation theories.

Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

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