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Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law

Zahrah Hill, a foreman and plumber from the West Side, returned to her construction job three months after giving birth to her son and, as a breastfeeding mother, she didn’t have a space to safely express milk. In a matter of months, female construction workers like Hill and others who lactate or menstruate won’t have