Illinois and New Jersey have a problem in common: Flooding, and its devastation on communities. Here, the Illinois Answers Project examines why New Jersey’s work on this front is seen as a national model.
Laura Stewart
Laura Stewart is a solutions reporting fellow with the Illinois Answers Project. Prior to joining Illinois Answers, she worked as a local news reporter in Baltimore and on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s public investigations team. Laura received a bachelor’s in history from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University.
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