Marchers carrying hand-lettered placards, photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels
The Levee

We are the only newsroom reporting full time on who gets to drink, swim and breathe safely.

From the editor

Latest reporting

Updated 25 August 2026

Plastic waste washed up at the shoreline, photo by Lucien Wanda on Pexels

Water

The county that has boiled its water for 1,431 days

Six wells, one failing plant and a repair bill nobody in Halstead County will claim.

Rosalind Achebe · 18 min read
A lone industrial stack releasing smoke, photo by Efrem Efre on Pexels

Air

What the monitors on Ridley Avenue actually measured

Residents bought their own sensors. The readings did not match the permit filings.

Devon Marchetti · 24 min read
Machinery working the face of a landfill, photo by Tom Fisk on Pexels

Land

Nine hearings, one landfill, and a vote taken at 11:40 pm

How a rezoning that 372 people showed up to oppose passed in under four minutes.

Ivy Castellanos · 12 min read

Get the reporting before the permit is signed