Seeking To Expand Its Downtown Redevelopment, Huntley Buys Catty Property
The Village of Huntley has paid $425,000.00 to buy the vacant, and possibly polluted, H. D. Catty Corporation facility at 11117 South...
President Trump Names Alexander Acosta Labor Secretary Designee
Having lost round one of the Republican war on organized labor when Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination as Labor Secretary, the White...
Senate Considering Legislation Ending Federal Highway Prevailing Wage Requirement
Continuing the nationwide Republican frontal assault on organized labor, Arizona Senator Jeff Flake has introduced a bill intended to...
Federal Judge Denies Native American Last Minute Bid to Block Dakota Access Pipeline
Dakota U. S. District Judge James Boasberg has denied a motion by the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes to block further work...
Electricity Wholesalers File Federal Lawsuit To Block Illinois Nuclear Plant Subsidies
Dynergy and other electricity wholesalers have filed suit in federal court in Chicago to block the subsidies for unprofitable nuclear...
Goose Island May See Chicago’s First Modern Wooden Office Building
Commercial construction with wood has been missing from Chicago since the Great Chicago Fire in 1872. Now it may be coming back. Hines...
Centegra Opposes Mercy’s Proposed Crystal Lake “Microhospital”
Centegra Senior Vice President Hadley Streng says “There is no need for the services Mercy proposes [at its microhospital at Route 31 and...
Seventh Circuit Schedules March 1 Arguments In Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory Union Dues
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for March 1 in a case challenging mandatory union...
Congressional Budget Office Veteran Doubts Trump Infrastructure Tax Incentive Plan
Former CBO head Douglas Holz-Eakin has doubts about the viability of President Trump’s plans to provide $137 billion in tax credits to...
Trump Administration Pushes Ahead on Two Pipeline Projects
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Paul Cramer says the further environmental study of the pipeline project initiated January 18 by...
