New regional funding strategies for St. Louis-area infrastructure was the focus of the 2018 Illinois-Missouri Critical Infrastructure Conference, sponsored jointly by the Illinois and…
The East-West Gateway Council of Government (EWG) is evaluating 41 Metro East transportation infrastructure projects for potential funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation…
Without an infusion of money, more than one-third of Illinois roads will be in unacceptable condition in just more than five years, according to a state transportation official. Randall…
The year 2016 in Illinois brought economic uncertainty as Springfield legislators, both Democrat and Republican, refused to budge over a state budget and finally agreed to a “stop-gap”…
When the ball drops on 2016, the State of Illinois may not head into 2017 with a balanced budget, but Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties plan to despite the hurdles. In the face…
In the end, everyone got something they were seeking with the state budget: Democrats got more money for social service providers and schools; Republicans got no new tax increases;…
A year ago, the State of Illinois launched a project to consolidate a “patchwork of IT systems” under a single centralized Information and Technology department. “[W]e have hundreds…
When the ball drops on 2016, the State of Illinois may not head into 2017 with a balanced budget, but Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties plan to despite the hurdles. In the face…
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