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This water commission will be able to build and operate a 31-mile pipeline to the city of Chicago water system. According to Connor's office, the underground Cambrian-Ordovician sandstone aquifer system is the primary source of water for Joliet, Romeoville, Shorewood, Lockport, Lemont, Channahon, Elwood and Minooka. (Shutterstock) LOCKPORT, IL — A new law signed Thursday will address a loomin...

After Supreme Court's ruling on Texas law, abortion-rights supporters see no clear path to victory  Cleburne Times-Review Letters to the Editor: Newsom's brilliant gun ploy is not meant to be good law, and that's OK  Los Angeles Times Supreme Court sends Texas abortion case to appeals court instead of to judge who previously blocked the law  The Washington Post Supreme Court lets Texas...

A top meatpacker is halting sales of some pork products in California, in the first sign of fallout from the state’s new law demanding more space on farms for the animals. Seaboard Foods, the second-largest U.S. pig producer and fourth-biggest pork processor, confirmed the decision Friday in an emailed statement, blaming the state’s Proposition 12 rule that goes into effect on Jan. 1. Califor...

TVN24 Studio in Poland Discovery Inc U.S. media giant Discovery has condemned a new media law in Poland, passed by the Polish parliament on Friday, as an “attack” on freedom of speech and a threat to the future of independent media in the country. The controversial legislation would block companies from outside the European Economic Area from holding a controlling stake in local media compani...

WASHINGTON — Clean-up efforts at 49 hazardous waste sites across the U.S. will begin thanks to $1 billion from the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday, clearing out a long backlog of contaminated sites awaiting funding. The Superfund sites set to get funding are in 24 states plus Puerto Rico. The EPA said 60 percent of them are in historically unders...

Proposed Lifejacket Law In Missouri Would Raise Age To 12, Add Swimming Requirements  Lake Expo

stock photo Source: Office of Rep. Salud Carbajal [On Wednesday], Rep. Carbajal announced that the first installments of federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are on their way to the Central Coast. Federal Aviation Administration allocations will deliver $7,381,647 to local airports and California will receive $4,862,447,187 in Federal Highway Administration funds to create j...

An old story: A traveler arrives at a roadside inn late at night and asks for a room. Sorry, the innkeeper says, but the inn is full. The traveler protests that it’s bitterly cold outside. That may be, the innkeeper replies, but safety rules prohibit the inn from going over capacity. The traveler thinks a minute and then asks a question. What if the Queen of England were to walk through the d...

Brooklyn Edwards tells the Johnston County school board on Nov. 9, 2021 about racial bullying that she says she and other Black students have faced at Princeton High School. By Johnston County Public SchoolsBrooklyn Edwards tells the Johnston County school board on Nov. 9, 2021 about racial bullying that she says she and other Black students have faced at Princeton High School. By Johnston C...

Friday, December 17 10 a.m. - Media groups sue Gov. Reynolds over open records law Three media organizations and their reporters sued Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday, alleging she has repeatedly violated the state’s open records laws by ignoring requests for government records. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is representing Laura Belin, who operates the left-leaning Bleeding He...