Joe Barrett
@jbarrchicago
Senior Midwest correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. I cover infrastructure and the environment as well as odd happenings. I also have a bunch of guitars.
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11-04-2011 15:32:23
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Volunteers across Chicago are providing necessities to migrants who are spending weeks living in police stations waiting for housing wsj.com/articles/in-ch… via The Wall Street Journal
The small city of Evanston, Ill., is the only place in the U.S. paying reparations to Black residents harmed by discrimination wsj.com/articles/a-sma… via The Wall Street Journal
Here's my latest story: “Vacancy becomes a disease, and it's contagious.” Chicago, Pittsburgh and other cities are trying to put tens of thousands of empty housing lots in the hands of developers. wsj.com/real-estate/to… via The Wall Street Journal
Chicago has taken efforts to help curb flooding in the city, but in those efforts could be too paltry in the fight against climate change, The Wall Street Journal's Joe Barrett reports. wsj.com/us-news/climat… via The Wall Street Journal
Here's my latest: Trysts, trials, flowing hair...and a plot twist: The horse soap opera at Theodore Roosevelt National Park faces cancellation. wsj.com/us-news/wild-h… via The Wall Street Journal
So many great books written in the last year by my friends and colleagues: Ben Kesling , Cameron McWhirter, Zusha Elinson, Neil King, Shibani Mahtani. Could one Jonathan Eig win a Pulitzer? The Trib thinks so: chicagotribune.com/entertainment/…
Here's my latest story, a JV with the terrific Heather Gillers: wsj.com/finance/invest…
They’re called the monster trucks of the water, and they’re rocking lake life across Wisconsin and beyond. wsj.com/lifestyle/wake… Latest A-hed via Joe Barrett
Old Mission Peninsula, on Lake Michigan, is on the hook for a small fortune to local winemakers, under a federal court order to repay revenue lost over limits on special events wsj.com/business/old-m… via The Wall Street Journal