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‘Drinking through a lead straw’: Infrastructure bill includes $15B to fix dangerous water pipes

3 years 8 months ago

This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News. No one knows exactly how many lead pipes deliver water to homes, schools and businesses throughout America — or even where they all are. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates at least 6 million lead service lines exist. Environmental groups say it’s probably many more. What is […]

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Sandy West

The Drawing Board Creates Masterpieces of Dive-Bar Food

3 years 8 months ago
When you first step inside the Drawing Board, there is nothing to make you think you are anywhere but a typical south St. Louis dive. The old, dark wood bar that looks exactly the same as when long-gone brewery staffers and metalworkers bellied up mid shift for a draught Falstaff, the low tin ceiling, painted over to cover decades of unfiltered cigarette smoke stain, and the pool table, illuminated by a vintage beige-and-orange Tiffany-style lamp, paint a picture of the quintessential southside watering hole.…
Cheryl Baehr