State unveils six-year road, bridge improvement plan
— July 21, 2020SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Illinois Department of Transportation officials Tuesday, July 21 to unveil a six-year, $21.3 billion statewide road and bridge improvement…
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State to release first $50 million of broadband expansion funding
— February 7, 2020SPRINGFIELD — The state is accepting applications for the first $50 million in disbursements of a $420 million grant program aimed at increasing internet access across the state….
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Pritzker calls multi-year road construction plan ‘historic improvement’
— October 28, 2019SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers and Illinois Department of Transportation officials released details of a new $23.5 billion multi-year plan for revamping the state’s roads and bridges Oct….
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Towns, agencies can tap into state cash
— September 4, 2019(Fifth in a series looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon.) With broad brush strokes, state lawmakers put more than $5.3 billion…
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Concerns raised over gas-tax expenditures
— August 15, 2019(Second in a series of stories looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon) Along with fixing roads, bridges and crumbling public structures,…
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Scott air base, high-speed rail two of the top priorities for St. Louis region
— January 29, 2020The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), Scott Air Force Base, H-1 B visas, and a Hyperloop are among the top legislative priorities for St. Louis-area business this year,…
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Upper Mississippi River in southwest Illinois to close for extended periods
— September 12, 2019Much of the Upper Mississippi River in Illinois, north of Alton, will effectively be closed to commercial traffic for multiple, extended periods over the next 10 years, to accommodate…
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Public dollars, private gains
— August 21, 2019(Third in a series looking at the pork-barrel extras included in the state gas tax hike of 19 cents per gallon.) Are Illinois lawmakers thumbing their nose at the state Constitution?…
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