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Where Do People Go When They Leave Chicago?: According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, more people are leaving Chicago than moving here. Crain's made a nice graphic, which compiled the top 10 cities Chicago transplants chose from 2009 - 2013. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, is the No. 1 spot, which reporter Mina Bloom assumes has to do with University of Illinois. Phoenix, Arizona comes in second and New York comes in third. Indianapolis made the top 10, drawing in 5,260 Chicago transplants.
Chicago's Catholic Church Goes Green: The Archdiocese of Chicago is taking Pope Francis's environmental message to heart and moving to lower water and energy consumption in hunderds of churches and 2,700 buildings across the city. Pacific Standard takes a look at the progress happening in Chicago, leading the story with a note about St. Gabriel Catholic School in Canaryville, which removed its coal-burning, locomotive-sized boiler over the summer in exchange for a natural gas-burning source. The story notes that Chicago's new Archbioshop Blase Cupich has teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency and announced the archdiocese would be the first in the country to monitor water usage as well as carbon emissions.
Deadline Dash: Former Sun-Times political writer Natasha Korecki launches "Illinois Playbook" for Politico today, talking with Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin, who tells her that Mayor Rahm Emanuel can't count on Springfield to solve the city's cash crunch. However, Durkin says Emanuel "knows the art of the deal" and could help in bringing Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democratic leaders together. Senior editor Andrew Herrmann appreciates Korecki's roundup of the biggest political news from around the state, including a shoutout to DNAinfo reporters Sam Cholke and Kelly Bauer for their coverage of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' visit to Hyde Park.
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