How a Children’s Playground Is Helping With Flood Mitigation in a Small, Historic New Jersey City EnvironmentCicero IndependienteSeptember 27, 2024climate change, environmental injustice, parks, green space, playgrounds, INN, Borderless Magazine, Inside Climate News, Cook County, Cicero, Town of Cicero, inclusive park, Phil Fuentes Ability Park, Climate Swing, flood mitigation, New Jersey
Rooting out Risk: Cicero’s Challenge to Build a Safe Inclusive Park EnvironmentLeslie HurtadoSeptember 26, 2024climate change, environmental injustice, parks, green space, playgrounds, INN, Borderless Magazine, Inside Climate News, Cook County, Cicero, Town of Cicero, Inclusion Park, Climate Swing, State Rep Lisa Hernandez, Larry Dominick, Phil Fuentes Ability Park, inclusive, Phil Fuentes
Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That EnvironmentCicero IndependienteSeptember 25, 2024climate change, environmental injustice, parks, green space, playgrounds, INN, Borderless Magazine, Inside Climate News, Cook County, Cicero, Town of Cicero, Inclusion Park, Climate Swing, park desert, Brighton Park
Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch EnvironmentCicero IndependienteSeptember 24, 2024climate change, environmental injustice, parks, green space, playgrounds, INN, Borderless Magazine, Inside Climate News, Cook County, Cicero, Town of Cicero, Inclusion Park, Climate Swing
Elected Officials Are Opting Out Of Secret Koppers Community Meetings About Air Pollution. But The Company Says The Meetings Will continue — In Secret Environment, InvestigativeGuest UserJuly 8, 2024Koppers, air pollution, Illinois EPA, state attorney general’s office, Village of Stickney, Koppers Community Advisory Panel, coal tar plant, Cook County, Illinois Open Meetings Act, open meetings, The Air We Breathe, investigations, MuckRock, Cicero, Town of Cicero, YMCA, Berwyn, Delia Barajas, Greater Chicago Legal Clinic, environmental justice, Illinois state Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez, Lisa Hernandez, Leroy Ball, naphthalene, benzene
Cicero Approves Infrastructure Upgrades and Crime Initiatives Amid Remarks by President Dominick on Crime and Immigration Board MeetingsLeslie HurtadoJune 4, 2024Cicero, news, board meeting, parking, infrastructure, alcohol, ban, retail, theft, spending, appointments, Laramie Avenue, Towing, Parking, House Bill 5345, Minimum wage, Cicero Fire Department, lift assist calls, Federal Transit Administration, Pace Vanpool Services, Lombard Avenue, Sweeping Days. Klandestino, Inc., Cook County, Illinois State Police Revocation Enforcement Grant, Terra Engineering Ltd., Community Development Block Grants, settlement, lawsuit, immigrants
The Inside Story On A Billion-Dollar Chemical Company’s Fight To Keep Its Secrets From The Public Environment, InvestigativeCicero IndependienteApril 8, 2024Town of Cicero, Village of Stickney, Stickney township, air quality, environmental racism, environmental justice, environment, Village Stickney Clerk, Mary Green Public Relations Consulting Firm, FOIA, Koppers, community meetings, community, Morton College, fire chief, local government, Cook County, Chicago suburbs, Illinois EPA, EPA, Environment Protection Agency, Berwyn YMCA, Berwyn, The Air We Breathe
We’re Hiring a Youth and Schools Community Reporter! CommunityCicero IndependienteJune 9, 2023Cicero, Cook County, hiring, jobs, work from home, Latino, Latinx, Educational Reporting, education, D201, D99
We’re Hiring: Social Media Contractor CommunityCicero IndependienteMay 11, 2023Cicero, Cook County, hiring, jobs, digital work, work from home, social media, digital strategy, marketing, Latino, Latinx
Central Ave to receive construction updates, community gives mixed reaction CommunityJorge MartinezApril 28, 2023Cicero, Berwyn, Stickney, Cook County, suburbs of cook county, central avenue bridge, central ave, construction, delays, traffic, funding, community
The June 2022 Voter Guide: Voting 101 ElectionAnkur SinghJune 13, 2022Elections, 2022, June, Primary Elections, Cicero, Berwyn, election candidates, voter guide, voting, voting information, Cook County
The June 2022 Voter Guide: Candidates 101 ElectionAnkur SinghJune 13, 2022Cook County, Elections, 2022, Cicero, Berwyn, voting, voter guide
The Misidentified COVID-19, Investigative, FeaturedCicero IndependienteMay 11, 2022investigation, investigative journalism, Cicero, Chicago, Cook County, COVID-19, latino names, mispelled, misidentified, death, covid deaths, Latinx
Remembering Our Loved Ones Lost to COVID-19 COVID-19, People, Community Highlight, FeaturedIrene RomuloDecember 23, 2020CIcero, Berwyn, COVID-19, Cook County
“We want people to know that we’re here. We have all this food!” Cicero Food Pantry Still Open for People Who Need Extra Groceries Read More COVID-19, CommunityIrene RomuloMarch 18, 2020Community, Community Reporting, Cicero, Cook County, Bilingual News
Hawthorne Park District Approves Tax Levy and consolidation of Clyde Park District and Hawthorne Park District. Park District, Government, Board MeetingsCicero IndependienteDecember 29, 2019Town of Cicero, Chicago Suburbs, Cicero, Community Reporting, Cicero Independiente, local news, Larry Dominick, Park District, Board Meetings, Cook County