environmental justice

The City of Bloomington and Town of Normal will spend about $101 million over the next decade to remove lead water pipes leading to people's homes, most of that in Bloomington.

The Ecology Action Center in Normal will get nearly $500,000 in federal grant money to grow more trees and study climate change vulnerabilities in the Bloomington-Normal community.

Prisoner rights groups have complained about unsafe water. In recent months, the state has sent water violation notices to nearly a dozen prisons.

The top federal prosecutor in central Illinois says his office is ready to bolster enforcement as part of a national environmental justice initiative.