Mississippi River infrastructure needs and climate change | First Listen - NPR Illinois

Mississippi River infrastructure needs and climate change | First Listen | NPR Illinois

Mississippi River infrastructure needs and climate change | First Listen

Lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi River is in desperate need of improvements. But some say before that investment is made, studies should be done to determine the effect it has on climate change. We have a report.

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The Illinois House Speaker is introducing legislation allowing legislative staff to unionize.

An investigation finds traffic stops of Black and Latino drivers have increased since a new law to track the data was enacted twenty years ago.