A research group says levels of the controversial and drift-prone weedkiller dicamba have more than tripled in the urine samples of people in the Midwest β even in urban areas.
The city also wants the EPA to require Ameren to pay to move wells supplying drinking water away from contamination linked to an Ameren substation and to upgrade the city water treatment plant.
Efforts to legalize psychedelic drugs for personal use also appear likely to spread, after supporters poured millions of dollars into a Colorado measure that won approval.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. β Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday head into their final session of the year with an agenda that could include tweaks to key provisions of a controversial criminal justice law.
By Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella | Chicago Tribune (TNS)