AltWeeklies Wire
Residents Fight a Proposed Corn Mill in Illinoisnew
The tortilla flap is emblematic of a growing rural brand of not-in-our-back-yard-ism in which residents of new bedroom communities in the sticks find themselves confronting major agribusiness projects.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
07-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Raising a Stink Over Hogsnew
Plans for a Cargill-backed confined hog operation have some neighbors squealing.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Fission Decisionnew
Illinois anti-nuke activists oppose plan for fuel reprocessing site.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
02-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Misstepnew
What made the Kerasotes movie chain think Springfield couldn't handle a film about black frats?
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes and R.L. Nave |
01-19-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Mother's Daynew
Labor's achievements -- and promise -- are cited at tribute to legendary organizer.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-03-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Unkindest Cutnew
Industrial processors have trimmed the ranks of grocery store butchers -- and redefined "fresh meat."
Illinois Times |
Am Spies Karhliker |
10-18-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Unfriendly Persuasionnew
An Illinois State Police vet was forced to restart her career after becoming a target of sexual harassment.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-22-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Plague of Cornnew
Another bountiful harvest -- everybody gets rich but the farmer.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
09-01-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Private Search Partynew
A private entity, not the state, is looking for a new director for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
05-05-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Ill Willnew
Some prominent citizens were in charge when Goodwill defrauded taxpayers, endangered the disabled, and tanked financially -- so why didn't they do anything?
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
04-28-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Return of King Coalnew
Farmers in central Illinois fight a new threat -- a method of mining that will change their land forever.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
03-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Mr. Smith Goes to Washingtonnew
It looks like Richard Norton Smith, the director of the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, is getting out while the getting is good.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
02-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Playing for Keepsnew
A group of physicians beat the HMO that tried to stick them with a $2.1 million bill; together, the two sides spent nearly $2 million in legal fees -- money that could have treated a few sick people.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
01-06-2006 |
Business & Labor
Boilermakers Locked Outnew
Dallas-based Celanese keeps operating its plant in Meredosia, Ill., with replacement workers as locked-out union members accuse the company of
failing to bargain in good faith.
Illinois Times |
R.L. Nave |
10-07-2005 |
Business & Labor
Alpaca Farming Spikes in Illinoisnew
Illinois farmers jump on the alpaca bandwagon but learn that it’s easier to produce baby alpacas than to make a profit.
Illinois Times |
Joan Villa |
04-22-2005 |
Business & Labor
