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The Rundown: Chicago’s other president

wbez.org · 13dShare

Good afternoon! It’s Wednesday, and my monstera plant is finally growing new leaves again after I thought I killed it a few months ago. (Whew.) Here’s what you need to know today. 1. Besides Obama, Chicago produced a second president, and he’s about to turn 100 Valdas Adamkus is one of the most beloved political figures in his country, serving as Lithuania’s president for two separate five-year terms in a transformative period just before and after it joined the European Union and NATO. He’s turning 100 in the fall, and commemorations are already planned around the country. But on an April morning inside the living room of his stately home on the outskirts of the capital Vilnius, he asked, “How is the Deep Tunnel?” The question about Chicago’s Tunnel and Reservoir Plan — created to protect Lake Michigan and contain the city’s flood water — is logical, my colleague Stephanie Zimmermann writes. Adamkus spent nearly half his life in Chicago and ran the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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