Update, November 18: S. 323 failed to advance out of a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, with some antiabortion lawmakers raising concerns that the bill went too far and four Republicans abstaining from the final 3-2 vote. Imagine an abortion ban so radical that even leading anti-abortion groups have lined up to denounce it. That’s what […]
This story, a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News, and Chicago-area public radio station WBEZ, is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Lead pipes are ubiquitous. At this point, no state has gotten rid of all of its toxic lead service lines, which pipe drinking water to homes and businesses. But some cities like Chicago, New York […]