Janelle Odea News Today

Civil rights law offers a tool for communities of color trying to stop unequal exposure to pollution. Over and over, people here have tried to get environmental justice.

A Public Integrity analysis suggests about 300,000 students entitled to rights reserved for homeless students have slipped through the cracks.

A spill from Marathon Petroleum unleashed around 165,000 gallons of crude oil in and around Edwardsville.

Recent history shows pipeline incidents in Illinois and Missouri are most often caused by the failure of their own materials and equipment, according to government records.

The suit, filed by the family of Austin McEwen, claims Amazon put profits ahead of workers lives when a tornado struck last month.

"Theres no words to describe what the feeling is right now amongst the St. Louis Fire Department," its chief said.