This week marks the 60th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. A bill now moving in the Senate, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 5653), would effectively kill Section 106, the provision that gives communities a voice when governmental decisions threaten the places that matter to them. The bill covers many kinds of permitting, and we’re not weighing in on all of it. But its historic preservation provisions deserve our full attenti
