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Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Sunday, April 11, 2021 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com State lawmakers seek shift in power Measures aimed at curbing governors in future crises By David A. Lieb

As governors loosen long-last- ing coronavirus restrictions, state lawmakers across the U.S. are taking actions to significantly limit the power they could wield in future emergencies. The legislative measures are aimed not simply at undoing mask mandates and capacity limits that have been common during the pandemic. Many proposals seek to fundamentally shift power away from governors and toward lawmakers the next time there is a virus outbreak, terrorist attack or natural disaster. “The COVID pandemic has been an impetus for a reexamination of balancing of legislative power Kyle McCradic coils an old in Galesburg, which is planning to replace all of its lead service lines this year. JOSE M. OSORIO/TRIBUNE with executive powers,” said Pam Greenberg, a policy researcher at the National Conference of State Legislatures. Lawmakers in 45 states have proposed more than 300 measures this year related to legislative over- ‘ground zero’ sight of executive actions during the pandemic or other emergen- cies, according to the NCSL. About half those states are considering significant changes, such as tighter limits on how long for water line problem Turn to Power, Page 12 City lags far behind in elimination of brain-damaging lead pipes

By Michael Hawthorne spread problem. The first sign of they heard from her two immedi- to their homes. The city’s plumb- change came this month, when ate predecessors, ing code required the use of lead Lori Lightfoot launched and Richard M. Daley. It is up to pipes to connect street mains As President pushes a small pilot program to target individual property owners, not to single-family houses and a $45 billion plan to replace every the brain-damaging hazards in the city, to decide it if is worth two-flats until Congress banned lead water line across the nation, low-income neighborhoods. replacing the toxic pipes at their the practice in 1986. dozens of cities already have City Hall is expecting to pay own expense. “Chicago is ground zero for a head start in eliminating the for the replacement of just 650 So far the most the water this problem,” said Tom Nelt- lingering threats to public health. of Chicago’s 400,000 lead service department is willing to do is ner, chemicals policy director One glaring omission: Chicago. lines this year, according to the waive permit fees for privately at the nonprofit Environmental Despite having more lead Department of Water Manage- financed pipe replacements, even Defense Fund and former assis- pipes known as service lines ment. though Chicagoans once didn’t tant commissioner of the Indiana than any other U.S. city, Chicago For the vast majority of home- have a choice when it came to Getting a step closer denied for years it had a wide- owners, Lightfoot echoes what how drinking water is delivered Turn to Lead, Page 2 to owning a home

An program is paying off student loans to encourage homeownership, and that’s drawing buyers to the state. Real Estate Lightfoot calls for police foot-chase policy Move comes in wake of 2 fatal shootings, Momentum building including a 13-year-old to return to offices By Paige Fry, Annie Sweeney and Jeremy Gorner COVID-19 vaccinations are Chicago Tribune accelerating, forcing CEOs to plot a return to the workplace sooner In less than 48 hours in two than expected. Business separate city neighborhoods last month, police fatally shot someone following a foot chase, including a Little Village 13-year- old whose death has roiled City How the pandemic Hall and renewed calls for change in the practices of the has affected children Chicago Police Department. Adam Toledo’s age and the Childhood tantrums, nightmares fact he was killed by a police offi- and headaches are up in Chicago cer touched off familiar vigils during the pandemic, according to and marches — and led to a a new survey. Life+Travel quick promise from Mayor Lori Lightfoot that the city would, at last, adopt a policy to limit foot People protest the killing of Adam Toledo at the corner of North Wabash Avenue and East Chestnut Street in pursuits. Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood on Friday. CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE The shooting of 22-year-old Vaccine shortages Anthony Alvarez after another foot chase received less atten- hit poor countries “We want answers. We want to know why he was being chased. I’m tired tion, but his family is also seek- ing to understand what led to Deliveries through a global program of seeing this not only in my city, in the North Side of Chicago. I’m tired of his fatal encounter with police. intended to help poorer countries seeing that everywhere, in the South Side.” Both cases remain under inves- are blocked until as late as June. Nation & World, Page 25 — Roxana Figueroa, a cousin of Anthony Alvarez, on behalf of his family at a recent protest Turn to Policy, Page 11

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Her book includes everything you need to largely hidden for decades. line replacements, said installation of water mains, EPA to aggressively confront create spectacular food any day of the week, including “It’s just plain wrong Jim Lochhead, the Denver could trigger spikes of lead the problem. sample menus and recipes for everything from prosciutto that in the of Water chief executive. in tap water for days or “These chronic issues parmesan puffs to roasted chicken with tomato-olive America today, millions of “Our position going into months afterward. in Illinois and across the relish. Dinner at home has never been better. children still receive their this was we really didn’t Even the 2015 crisis in United States call for the water through lead service care about cost, we wanted Flint didn’t move Chicago toughest possible standards All Chicago Tribune print books are available online at pipes,” Biden said last month to protect public health,” to start removing toxic backed by science,” the two chicagotribune.com/printbooks on after proposing Lochhead said in a recent pipes. Workers kept hook- Democrats wrote in a March to replace them through his interview. “It turned out ing up new water mains to 30 letter to Michael Regan, $2 trillion American Jobs that replacing lead service existing lead service lines the new EPA administrator. Plan. “It’s long past time we lines and distributing filters and continue to do so today The EPA already Accuracy and ethics fix that.” is less expensive than other under Lightfoot. suspended regulations Cities including Cincin- options we considered.” “By now there shouldn’t adopted during the waning Margaret Holt, standards editor nati, Denver, and The Chicago Depart- be anyone out there who days of the Trump admin- Newark, New Jersey, ment of Water Management isn’t aware of the dangers,” istration that effectively The Tribune’s editorial code of principles governs provide a roadmap for declined to make officials said Miguel del Toral, a delayed lead service line professional behavior and journalism standards. Everyone Chicago and other munic- available for comment. In an retired U.S. Environmental replacements for up to three in our newsroommust agree to live up to this code of ipalities, whether or not email response to questions, Protection Agency scientist decades and, in some cases, conduct. 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All rights reserved as to the entire content. *Illinois, Indiana, Mich., Wisc., Iowa all of the city’s lead service The city has borrowed more added to the water supply. started hearing chatter lines are located. Utilities than $490 million during Yet the regulatory tests about all of these issues All subscriptions may include up to twelve Premium Issues per year. For each Premium Issue, your account balance will be charged up to an additional $4.99 in Cincinnati and Denver the past decade to replace analyzed by the Tribune with lead,” said Dick Peff- in the billing period when the section publishes. This will result in shortening mapped their service areas hundreds of miles of water were collected using EPA ley, general manager of the the length of your billing period. 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