Several south suburbs will get millions of dollars in state loans to replace lead water service lines through Illinois’ new budget that starts July 1. Despite the loans, taken together, communities ...
A construction worker works on dislodging an old lead line in the basement of a house before his colleague pulls it out using an excavator. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part of CT ...
The city of Elgin plans to remove 900 more lead water service lines in 2026, targeting properties south of Larkin Avenue and east of McLean Boulevard. That will bring the total to nearly 4,339 by the ...
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. When Jarvis Parker was looking to buy a house in Waterbury in late 2019, he had several basic criteria. He wanted to avoid properties ...