Trump freezes $2.1B for Chicago transit projects in latest ‘punishment’ of blue states
The White House on Friday froze $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago transit projects.
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Illinois seeks to prevent feds from tying funding for states to immigration enforcement
Illinois is filing lawsuits against the U.S. departments of Homeland Security and Transportation over threats that federal funding will be ...
New state transportation chief hopes for ‘a good kind of disruption’
Gia Biagi hopes to speed up projects as the new director of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Semi driver involved in fatal crash of deputy had previous unreported DUI conviction, prompting call for federal audit
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias demands a federal audit of Kane County over masked convictions that allowed a truck ...
CAPITOL BRIEFS: Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
On Abraham Lincoln’s 210th birthday, his home state’s two U.S. senators advanced a bill to expand the Lincoln National Heritage ...
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