Legally and economically, Colorado and Washington are turning over a new leaf for 2014. A marijuana leaf, that is, which could mean a lot of money flowing into each state’s economy.
With full adult legalization underway since Jan. 1, Steve Berg, editor of “The State of Marijuana Markets Second Edition,” projects sales could reach between $1 million and $800 million in Colorado by the end of the year. Continue reading “Cannabis: The next big cash crop for Illinois”
Forget healthy eating, when food desert dwellers get hungry, they’re just looking for fuel.
Among the third of adults considered obese, people living in areas with few grocery stores can place some blame on the inability to access healthy food options, food activists and researchers say. Continue reading “Finding fault: Survey weighs the blame for America’s obesity rate”
BY ALIX HINES AND LAURA BRADLEY
Last week a Texas judge ordered that a pregnant but brain dead woman be taken off life support, ending an exhausting battle between John Peter Smith Hospital and her family.
Many believe the statute that disregards pregnant women’s wishes not to be kept on life support is exclusive to Texas, but the nightmare of Marlise Muñoz’s family could happen in many states – including Illinois. Continue reading “Marlise Muñoz’s Texas life support nightmare could happen in Illinois”
Jared Yucht was a long-time smoker before his wife introduced him to e-cigarettes. He hasn’t picked up a pack since.
Now, the 40-year-old husband and father says Chicago’s e-cigarette ordinance is troubling in more ways than one. Continue reading “E-cigarette users left out in the cold”
A.M., 17, a Kelvyn Park High School senior, dreams of going to college and becoming a lawyer. The hitch: He’s undocumented.
“The first thing that I heard about colleges was if you’re an immigrant and you don’t have papers, you can’t go to college,” A.M. said. “That was hard for me because I wanted to try to do something in the future.” Continue reading “Financial burden delays dreams of undocumented youth”
The next generation: A product of Saturday Schools
Ewa Zaborowski came to the United States from Poland in 1981 to join her husband, John, who is a doctor. They opened Polskie Centrum Medyczne, a Polish-run physicians care center, on the 3000 block of North Milwaukee Avenue about 27 years ago. She said the area has changed considerably since. There are still blocks of Polish-run stores, but the people that once filled the area fled to the suburbs and only return for the cultural community.
“This is the heart of Poland here,” Zaborowski said. “This used to be a very vibrant place.” Continue reading ““Polish Broadway” keeps the culture alive”
In October alone, immigrants and supporters of the comprehensive immigration reform bill have banded together from the U.S. Capitol to the Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to demand Congressional action.
Continue reading “Push for immigration reform bill hits peak”
Alix Hanson 