A coalition of Bridgeton, MO residents forced an airport in St. Louis to admit it broke federal regulations when it used a cheap method of asbestos-removal in tearing down houses.
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AFSCME is taking on Gov. Blagojevich over what they see as his illegal decision to close the correctional center in Pontiac.
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LA Times employees filed a lawsuit against Tribune Company CEO and Chicago pooh-bah Sam Zell over a moneymaking scheme that came at the expense of his employees.
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Various lawmakers held a town hall meeting in Marion about their VA medical center, where at least nine patients died from poor care. At least one development came out of it:
Rep. Jerry Costello, an Illinois Democrat, told reporters Saturday he would push to have the government's final investigative findings sent to the Justice Department for consideration of criminal charges.
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In St. Louis, BJC Healthcare agreed to compensate uninsured patients who the hospital charged as much as three times more than patients with insurance.
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Thanks to the tenacity of environmental groups, ConocoPhillips has agreed to “green up” communities downstate.
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